1. The Spanish EmpireTheme 3 Part 2 Hayley Phillips History 140

3. Spain was held the most powerful state in Europe

4. The first voyage of Christopher Columbus took place in 1492, the same year the beginning development of the Spanish Empire began

5. During the 17th century, Spanish literature and fine arts flourished during that time

7. Spain’s European wars, however led to an economic damage

9. In the reign of Catholic Monarchs, the Spanish Inquisition was formally launched

11. The territory consisted of Philippines, Guam and the Marinara islands

12. These islands were ruled directly from Madrid after the Mexican independence

14. In 1521 Magellan was blown west across the pacific by the trade winds, the problem was to go east and the first ship to try that had failed

16. They were gathered from both spice islands and the Asia pacific

17. Most goods were bought by Mexican silver, as East Asia trading was primarily on a silver standard

18. It took 4 months to sail across the pacific ocean from Manila to Acapulco

19. The Manila galleons sailed the pacific for two hundred and fifty years