Napoleon's first major mistake was made in March of 1808, when Napoleon intervened in a dispute between the present king of Spain and the king's son. He placed them both in prison and put his own brother on the throne. The people of Spain did not take too kindly to this act and so began a bloody war that was not defined by major battles, but by guerrilla warfare that kept a large number of French troops occupied to keep control of the country. French troops would end up executing hundreds of Spaniards who were thought to be resisting French power. Britain saw an opportunity to weaken Napoleon's empire by landing 13,000 troops on the coast of Portugal, where they made their way up along Spain's coastline.
In 1588, Phillip launches the Spanish Armada in an attempt to punish Protestant subjects who had rebelled against Phillip, but this fleet was defeated. Historically, autocratic leaders have both helped and hurt their countries and their people over their authority. Louis XIV was the most powerful ruler in French history. In his view, he and the state were one and the same. “L’etat c’est moi.” means I am the state, which he stated.
He believed in democracy and free-elections for all of Mexico. His popularity caused Diaz to feel threatened, and, to deal with the issue, falsely accused Madero and put him in jail right before elections. Diaz was then reelected as president and released Madero from jail where he fled to Texas. There, he stated that Mexico’s elections were illegitimate and wrote a document declaring revolution on November 10, 1910. Mader became president and Diaz fled to Europe.
The Spanish then went on to kill and capture Incan soldiers and Atahualpa probably realised then that the Spanish were after gold and silver and were not there for peace. Atahualpa actually offered them rooms full of gold and silver as a ransom for them to let him go but sadly he was never granted his freedom and was eventually killed on August 29, 1533 (The Fall of the Inca Empire). After taking control of the city Cajamarca the Spanish went on to capture the capital, Cusco and there they picked Atahualpa's brother as the new Sapa Inca giving them a puppet that they could control to their will. The Spanish conquest was the breaking point for the empire because it completely destroyed the empire pushing it to its fall. However, there was still one factor that ruined the Inca empire but didn’t push it because it was a civil war between two brothers within the
As allies the two men had fought against the French in the Battle of Puebla, but once Juárez rose to power Díaz tried to unseat him. Díaz began his reign as president in 1876, and ruled until May 1911[2] when Francisco I. Madero succeeded him, taking office in November 1911. [3]Díaz's regime is remembered for the advances he brought in industry and modernization, at the expense of human rights and liberal reforms. He worked to reduce the power of the Roman Catholic Church and expropriated some of their large property holdings. PorfirioDíaz's government from 1876–1910 has become known as the Porfiriato.
In 1519, Cortes explored the Yucatan coastline. Cortes captured the natives. The native people possessed little of value, they told Cortes of the great treasures of the Aztec Empire. Cortes moved his troops northward and conquered the port of Vera Cruz. Finally, he convinced the native tribes to fight with him against the Aztecs.
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 was a chaotic time of class warfare, gruella battles, and presidential chaos, but three consecutive presidents set and maintained an atmosphere of instability and revoltion. Porfirio Díaz was an awful tyrant whose oligarchal reign first caused thoughts of revolution. Next, Franciso I. Madero tried to fix Díaz’s mistakes, but he found himself caught between two radical groups, and his struggles to strike a balance made his administration unstable. Finally, it was Victoriano Huerta whose Porfirian policies incensed the rebels so much that they rose up and caused massive civil war. The man who started it all was Porfirio Díaz.
Napoleon's invasion of Spain in 1807 provided the spark the rebels needed. Napoleon, who at the time wanted to expand his empire, attacked and defeated Spain. He put his elder brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. This act made for a perfect excuse for secession. By the time Spain had gotten rid of Joseph in 1813 most of their former colonies had declared themselves independent.
In 1898, we claimed that the Spanish had blown up the USS Maine in Havana Harbor (which was actually an accidental combustion) in order to justify going to war with Spain. The Spanish-American War was fought all over the world; in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Manila, and a few other places. America defeated Spain in 113 days, and the Treaty of Paris was signed, giving the United States Cuba and the rest of the Spanish Empire, both in the Caribbean and the Pacific for $20 million; a bargain. As promised in the Teller Amendment, the US gave Cuba its independence but placed on them certain conditions in the Platt Amendment. One of the conditions was that the US could trade freely with Cuba.
In 1519, he and his men took over and established what [now is Veracruz]; dismissing the authorities of Velazquez and placed himself directly under Charles V’s orders. Velazquez, not pleased about any of this, set out an expedition to capture Cortes. Once Cortes set out to fight, the Aztecs began to rebel back in Tenochtitlan [and Montezuma died]. Cortes’ hunger and determination for power drove him back to Tenochtitlan, [taking advantage of retrieving belongings and possessions that could contribute to his power]. Three months later, the Aztec empire fell and Mexico became New Spain.