“Isabella and Ferdinand successfully strengthened the authority and power of the Crown in “Spain” by taming the Castilian aristocracy.” To what extent do you agree with this view? Though it is unquestionable that Isabella and Ferdinand did increase the authority of the Crown within “Spain” by 1516. It is, however, more debatable whether the taming of the aristocracy was the sole reason. Other factors such as the unifying of faith within Spain through the exile of the Jews and Muslims, along with their personal style of peripatetic monarchy, surely contributed greatly to their success. The issue of the aristocracy must be addressed first; their influence should not be underestimated, coming from high social backgrounds and many of which held a position in government they generally had at least some form of power, either socially or with direct influence within parliament.
Event 3: Protestant Reformation - 1530s During the early 1500s, Spain and England were allies. Since Spain was their ally, England took little interest in establishing colonies in the New World. After King Henry VIII broke England's ties with the Roman Catholic Church, thus establishing the English Protestant Reformation, religious conflict between the Protestant England and the Catholic Spain escalated. Queen Elizabeth I was placed on the throne in 1558, in which she would promote goals of Protestantism and seizing the Spanish naval and raiding Spainish settlements. Event 4: England's victory over the Spanish Armada - 1588 Although Spain and England were allies during the first half of the 1500s, due to religious difference, the two Europeon countries became bitter rivals.
While the English colonies were growing rapidly along the Atlantic seaboard, French fur traders and explorers were venturing deep into the heart of North America. It could be only a matter of time before the rivalries between France and England elsewhere in the world would be sharply reflected in a final struggle for the ownership of the North American continent. the primary differences between the French and English Colonization policies are the following: the French colonies treated the natives with great diplomacy, whereas the British colonies treated the natives as savages and lesser creatures. The French approach to colonization was based on integrating its colonial people into a “Greater France" through cultural assimilation and administrative centralization. on the other hand, British Indirect rule was a system where external military and tax control was operated by the British, while almost every other aspect of life was left to local pre-colonial aristocracies who had sided with the British during the conquest.
This helped Britain gain such a large Empire because by trading they got money and power so that they could send out exploration ships and armies to go to other countries and take it. The final way that Britain gained such a large empire was by exploration. For example when someone was committed of a crime they would be sent to jail but the jails in Britain were so crowded there was no room so the convicts were sent to another country mainly America but when America became independent they had to be taken somewhere else, so they were sent by ship to Australia. They were only able to do this because Captain James Cook went on
This establishment quickly collapsed and the first permanent English colony of Jamestown was established 20 years later in 1607. With over a 100 year head start on England it would make sense that Spain capitalized the most on the New World; however it is quite the opposite. The differences in the colonization process helped England capitalize more by giving them the resources needed to bring them into the Industrial Revolution, and led Spain into a period of decline. There are many differences in how England and Spain colonized the new world. These differences include; the location of the colonized land, the treatment and relationship of the natives, reason for colonization, and the capitalization of the natural resources.
Spain grew rich from the metals they plundered from Latin America. When the Spanish conquered the Incan empire they “carted off as their booty a hoard of gold and silver” (Skidmore, 2010, p. 17). The Spanish found resistance from larger civilizations, but with their more advanced weaponry and foreign diseases, it did not take long to conquer the majority of Latin America. The Portuguese found mostly semi-nomadic people scattered throughout Brazil, which took longer to subjugate. A lack of precious metals kept Brazil from being profitable until sugar plantations were established.
With the wealth of the Americas Spain was able to finance nearly endless warfare in Europe to protect the Americas and bring Catholicism to the New World. In 1519 the promise for riches was fulfilled by Hernan Cortes’s march into Mexico. His expedition served as the model for Spaniards’ and other Europeans’ expectations that the New world could
Over time, Spain began to build up quite the empire in the new world Columbus had discovered. The Spanish empire extended from South and Central America, with major cities especially in Mexico and Peru, as well as through the Caribbean and southern North America, mostly centralized in areas known today as California, New Mexico, and Florida. However, Spain was not the only European country to have its sights set on this wondrous new world. England and France also wanted their share of the wealth, resources, and territory these newly discovered lands promised, and they posed a serious threat to Spain’s dominance in the New World. England eagerly sent Italian explorer Giovanni Cabato, also known as John Cabot, to venture and explore North America’s northeastern coast in 1497 and 1498.
British Imperialism- CEW Imperialism is a policy in which a strong nation (Great Britain) seeks to dominate weaker countries (India) politically, economically, and socially. Around the 1700’s, the British came to India due to economic interests in India. Before the arrival of British, the Mughal Empire had started to collapse. This made the arrival of British to India easier. During the occupation of British in India, they made a lot of profits due to the abundant resources in India.
Revolutionary Protestant Changes During the Times of Martin Luther Imagine experiencing the constant feeling of being taken advantage of by a more powerful force. Imagine what it has felt like to not have a say or movement in the areas surrounding you. Everyday life in the majority of Europe became submerged in these feelings because of the Roman Catholic Church which during the 1500s had an over extensive amount of power. The Roman Catholic Church had not only immense religious authority because it remained as the main religion of Europe, but in addition had a vast political influence in Europe. Its political power mainly came from the excessive expanse of wealth and economic success.