why was spain able to control so much of the new world?
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Spanish colonization of the Americas The assertion of royal control over the Kingdom of New Spain and the initial Spanish conquerors took over a decade, with importance of the region meriting the creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Established by Charles V in 1535, the first viceroy was Don Antonio de Mendoza.
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What was the geographic extent of the Spanish Empire in the New World? What nations were challenging Spain's dominance in the New World and where What was the geographic extent of the Spanish Empire in the New World? What nations were challenging Spain's dominance in the New World and where. Answer. They discovered the new world and began to settle mostly in the Caribbean but Pirates hired by England kept them from keeping their dominance and allowed England to take over. data-config-site-section=chacha>.
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How did the Spanish American War make the United States a world power? Prior to the Spanish American War the United States gained control of the Hawaiian Islands. From the early 1800's American business interests had grown in Hawaii, a series of islands that remained independent.
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Gains in the Spanish-American War? By defeating Spain, the USA gained two things: 1) it kicked out a European power from its doorstep, so to speak, (i.e., Cuba) making it the dominant power in North America; and 2) it gained an outpost in the Western Pacific by annexing the Philippines.
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- E. Napp Date: ___________________. The Spanish conquest of Latin America brought many important changes to Latin American society. Spain sent royal governors or viceroys to rule the colonies in the king’s name.Gold and silver from the Americas were shipped to Spain, making it the strongest power in Europe in the 16th century.ative American populations had declined rapidly in parts of Latin America due to a lack of immunity to diseases brought by the conquerors like measles and smallpox. The European encounter with the Native American Indians led to an exchange of ideas, customs, and technologies. Global cultural diffusion increased.
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- The Early English Colonies. Because England got such a late start in the colonization game, they couldn’t just set up their colonies wherever they wanted. Spain dominated South America, Mexico, the West Indies, the American Southwest, and Florida.The French held sway along North America’s major waterways.ecause England got such a late start in the colonization game, they couldn’t just set up their colonies wherever they wanted. Spain dominated South America, Mexico, the West Indies, the American Southwest, and Florida. The French held sway along North America’s major waterways.
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Where was New Spain located? Please be specific.? Answers. Best Answer: Also called The Viceroyalty of New Spain, it was the political unit of Spanish territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines. It was ruled by a viceroy from Mexico City who governed on behalf of the King of Spain.
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During the sixteenth century which country dominated exploration of the New World? Directly following Columbus' journey westward in 1492, Spain began an aggressive path of conquest. From that point onward, the Spaniards conquered most of the Americas; native cultures such as the Taino, Aztec, Maya, and native Peruvians were completely destroyed. The brutal Spanish hegemony continued until 1697.
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Viceroyalty of New Spain New Spain was the name that the Spanish gave to the area that today is central and southern Mexico, and since the capital city of the Viceroyalty was in Mexico City, the name was also used for the viceroyalty.
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New Spain New Spain (Spanish: Nueva Espana) españa was the colony Comprising'spain s possessions in The New world north of The isthmus Of. Panama it was established following The spanish conquest of The Aztec empire in, 1521 and following additional, conquests it was made a (Viceroyalty: spanish) virreinato in. 1535
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- The British, through both their economic resources and their powerful navy, which was just coming off its defeat of the Spanish Armada, was able to control the slave trade to its own economic advantage. This is how the British Empire grew to what it was.
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What Were the Most Important Factors in Explaining the Spanish Victory Over the Aztecs & Incas? In the early 1500s, Spanish forces sailed across the Pacific and conquered the Aztec and Incan civilizations, even though the invading armies were greatly outnumbered by the indigenous population. This conquest was due, in part, to differences in technology and experience.
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2. Britain in the New World However, by the time British arrived in the New World and established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown in 1607, much of the continent had already been claimed by other European nations. All of the modern Southwest, including Texas and California, had been peopled by Spanish settlers for about a century.ngland was not the most powerful European nation in the 16th century. Spain was most influential. Along with Portugal, Spain dominated New World exploration in the decades that followed Columbus.
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THE EMERGENCE OF THE BRITISH SETTLEMENT In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Spain tried to maintain a monopoly on trade and colonization in its New World colonies, but northern European powers were increasingly attracted to the region by the potential for trade and settlement.
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Fur Trade Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztec empire in 1519 and built Mexico City, which became the Spanish stronghold in the New World.
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Social Studies 5th grade Chapter 4 Spain established colonies and built profitable settlements. The profits fromthe plantations and mines in the colonies helped make Spain one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world.
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Spanish Empire When Charles succeeded to the throne of Spain, Spain's overseas possessions in the New World were based in the Caribbean and the Spanish Main and consisted of a rapidly decreasing indigenous population, few resources of value to the crown, and a sparse Spanish settler population.
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Spanish Explorers Spanish and French Exploration. Spanish Explorers. Columbus’s return from the New World created an abundance of activity throughout Europe. Old World monarchs dispatched explorers and small armies to the newly discovered continent to establish outposts, spread religious beliefs, and seek treasure. The advanced Indian civilizations of South and Central America were prime targets for invasion because of their abundance of gold and silver.
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European Explorers: Why did they go to the New World? He was the first European to discover the Americas. Spain began sending explorers to the New World for God, Gold, and Glory. God: Spain hoped to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism/Christianity. Gold: Spain hoped to discover riches in the new world. Glory: Spain hoped to gain power by expanding their empire into the new world.
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- Obviously since Manifest Destiny was the belief that the USA had the right to control the Americas from Alaska to the Straights of Magellan at the end of South America, the US … A did it best to expand where ever it could. It bought the Louisiana Purchase from France. It purchased Florida from Spain.
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- The Spanish and Portuguese Conquest of the Americas. In 1484 Christopher Columbus tried unsuccessfully to interest King John II of Portugal in voyages of discovery to the west. Columbus then offered his services in leading such an explatory voyage to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of what later became Spain.here Columbus lost his flagship, the Santa Maria. He then returned to Spain to report his findings. When word of Columbus' discoveries reached Portugal its king charged the Spanish with encroachment into the Portuguese realm. Ferdinand and Isabella then appealed to the Pope in Rome, who was in origin a Spaniard.
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New Spain New Spain. (Redirected from Colonial Mexico) New Spain (Spanish: Nueva España) was a colonial territory of the Spanish Empire, in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama. It was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and following additional conquests, it was made a viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) in 1535.
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America He conquered Mexico and a small part California. He named them New Spain. When he returned to Spain, he was really rich and famous. Impact on New World: When Cortes got to Mexico, he tricked the Aztecs into giving him gold. They gave him plenty of gold because they hoped that they would leave.
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Spanish Discovery and Colonization Spain was to have the lands to the west and Portugal those to the east (accounting for the use of the Portuguese language in Brazil today). The most profitable Spanish activities in the New World occurred in the southern portions, while less rewarding ventures took place in northern areas. See Map of Spanish America.
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- By 1600, the Spanish already had a rich empire in North America which included most of current day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, as well as parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Why do Brazilians speak Portuguese instead of Spanish? Spain was given everything west of line-370- leagues-west of Azores; and Portugal was awarded everything to the east. Hence, Spain got the “New World” (Americas) with the exception of Brazil (too far east) and Portugal got India, Africa, and the (east) Indies.