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AP European History Course - Spain, Portugal
AP European History Course - Spain, Portugal
Politics
Castile and Aragon unified
1469
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Brought two kingdoms together.
Made Spain.
By the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon.
Christopher Columbus finds America
1492
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for the Spanish monarchy
Sponsored by Isabella.
was looking for India
Reconquista completed
1492
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Granada merged with Castile/Aragon, uniting all of Spain.
Now all of the peninsula was Catholic.
Before, was Muslim.
Treaty of Tordesillas
1494
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To divide the discovered land in the Americas between Portugal and Spain.
Drew a line about half way through Brazil. Left = Spanish. Right = Portuguese.
Portugal - East Indian spice trade
1511
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gains contol
United Nations
1955
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joined
European Union
1986
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joined
Economic
Great Depression
1929 - 1939
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Social
Discovery of Pacific
1513
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by Vasco Núñez Balboa
Conquering Central and South America
1520 - 1550
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By Spain and Portugal.
- huge inflow of gold --> "Golden Century of Spain", prices rose all over Europe
Spanish conquistadors: Hernando Cortéz, Francisco Pizarro
Circumnavigation
1522
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by Ferdinand Magellan. Portuguese.
through the Straight of Magellan.
Military
Spanish Armada defeated
1588
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Sailed against England because they didn't want them to be in charge of the Netherlands.
Lost due to superior English vessles
- smaller
- faster
- more of them
- better arms
War of Spanish Succession
1701 - 1713
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England VS France for Spanish throne
Result: Philip V as king (British victory)
Treaty of Utrecht
Spanish-American War
1898
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Americans defended Cuba from the Spanish.
World War I
1914 - 1918
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Spain was neutral.
Spanish Civil War
1936 - 1939
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Republicans VS Nationalists. Nationalists win.
World War II
1939 - 1945
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Spain didn't play a part.
Religious
Spanish Inquisition founded
1480
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To find/convict Jews who still practiced Judaism after being 'converted' to Catholicism.
So effective, used for Muslims and Protestants later in history.
Jews expelled
1492
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Society of Jesus
1540 - 1773
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"Jesuits"
established by Ignatius of Loyola.
dissolved by Pope
Cultural
Don Quixote
1605
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by Miguel de Cervantes.
Realism
Enlightenment
1690 - 1790
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Mercantilism
1700
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height of...
Romanticism arrives
1800
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somewhere around here
Leaders
Ferdinand and Isabella
1474 - 1516
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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile
Philip II
1556 - 1609
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Great grandson of Isabella of Castile.
Married Queen Mary I of England --> King of England.
General Francisco Franco
1936 - 1975
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Result of the Civil War