1. THEME 3: PART 2
THE
SPANISH
EMPIRE
by
Jessica
Kiesel
HIST 140

2. HABSBURG SPAIN
 Habsburg: Spain’s most notable dynasty between 1506 and 1700.
 Ruled by Isabella I and Ferdinand II; Joanna and Philip;
Ferdinand II (again); Charles I, also known as Emperor Charles
V; Philip II; Philip III; Philip IV; and ending with Charles II.
 At its height, Habsburg Spain’s Empire included territories in the
Americas , the East Indies, Africa, Austria, as well as Portugal,
for a time.
 For over a hundred years, Habsburg Spain was the greatest
empire and was referred to as the “Age of Expans ion.”

3. HABSBURG SPAIN
 The funding of wars brought on several bankruptcies
causing reoccurring inflation.
 Spain’s economy relied much on gold and silver
imported from the New World.
 Continued piracy attacks on Spanish fleets contributed
to inflation.

4. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
 The kingdoms of Aragon and Castile were united by the
marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, but not in an
administrative unity.
 The Granada War of 1492 would exile Jews and Muslims who
would not convert to Christianity.
 The discovery of the Americas by Columbus, was the
beginning of colonization for Spain.

5. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
 Explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa conquered the native
peoples, in 1502, in what is now known as Colombia.
 In 1510, Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien was Spain’s first
permanent American settlement.
 During colonization, the Conquistadors brought disease,
weakening the native peoples of the Americas.

6. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
 In southern Spain, Seville’s population, 25 percent perished
from the Great Plague of Seville during 1647 -1652.
 Charles II, the last of the Habsburgs monarchy, willed the
empire to Philip V of the Bourdon monarchy upon his death.
 During 1701 -1714, the War of the Spanish Succession was
over the joining of Spain and France under Bourdon rule.

7. THE SPANISH EMPIRE
 The Spanish shipping trade increased and prospered after the
Seven Years War (1756 -1763).
 Spanish manufacturers began to industrialize a growing
textile industry in the mid -1780s in Catalonia.
 The improvement of Spain’s economy began again with the
mining of gold and silver in America and the plantations of
sugar.