unable to ameliorate the conditions of terrible poverty in which millions of its citizens lived. Spain was a country in which landless peasants cobbled together a bare subsistence
most pivotal moment in the history of Spanish politics. The only way of understanding how 600,000 Spaniards were killed between 1936 and 1939 is to ask ourselves why the civil war broke out in Spain in 1936. There were a number of reasons which led to the civil war in Spain. The main and most significant being the increased political polarization between the left and right wing parties. This polarization primarily began within Spanish society, which had been characterized
Wealth and power transposed to the north, in particular in France and England. By the late 17th century, new ideas of religious tolerance were ebullient across the cities of Europe. The Spanish had a fondness for their Inquisition. That is why it lasted for so long. It maintained obedience and hearsay, protecting the faith of Spain and abiding the favour of God. But, the world was changing, Spain 's empire was fading away. Inquisitions, both Catholic and Protestant,
Spain and Portugal were the first European countries to start the exploration and colonization of new lands across the Atlantic Ocean, and although Portugal led the way from a chronologic standpoint, Spain outpaced Portugal in its conquests. The Spanish were motivated by power-competition with Portugal and religious dominance in expanding Catholicism. After Portugal and Spain’s pioneering steps, England, Netherlands, and France initiated their conquering advances onto the New World. The British’s
travelling to. The first of these changes pertains to culture. Immigrants brought their religions and languages to their host country, and that caused a great deal of acculturation, usually to the new religion or language. Government is another principle that was implemented into the “inner workings” of the new country. Lastly, the newcomers
over the New World, young men started leaving their homes to get rich and famous by taking valuable products from South America back to the Old World. When we think of Spanish conquerors, we first think of Columbus and his crew; However, we shouldn’t leave behind other explorers who contributed to the Spanish empire expansion, one of those influential conquerors was Francisco Pizarro. This explorer is known for being the founder of Lima, Peru. He was born in a small poor town in Trujillo, Spain. At a
The Inquisition started because the Catholic Church was worried that the devil was stealing people’s souls. To fight the devil the church founded a new court. The Inquisition, were those priests whose job it was to find and punish anyone who was against the church or working with the devil. They called people who worked against the church a heretic and any action against the church was heresy. The inquisition could place people under arrest and torture them until they confessed to heresy; even if
almost all of what had once been New Spain, became independent from European rule because a widespread revolution began. All the social classes-except for the peninsulares-were involved. The Creoles therefore took the main role in their fight for freedom. The Creoles piloted the Latin American revolution because of a wanting for political power, economic conditions, and nationalism. Political power impelled the creoles heavily. Being the second highest class in the New World, “The Creoles had growing
territories. The new world became a phenomena and a future reality for Europe because of the hard work of many different people. It became possible to explore the new world because of people like Vasco de Gama, and Prince Henry the Navigator who both worked on making it possible to get outside of Europe (Torrecilla). As soon as there were navigational advances, the European provinces began to explore in competition with one another, to see who could create the largest empire in the new world. Spain was not
brought Europeans from Spain to America and destroyed the natural environment. He also started the slave trade. Although he gave the Europeans a new place to explore, He should not be celebrated in America due to the reasons bellows. First things first, Columbus should not be celebrated because he destroyed the Native American culture. Columbus was trying to sail to India to trade with Indians and Chinese, but he ended at an island in Central America. Afterward, he went back to Spain and told everyone