Chapter 16Chapter 16Section 4Section 4

The Spanish and Dutch Empires

Chapter Review People could make $ by sharing in other

businesses through what kind of companies? Mercantilism states that a country’s

government should do they could to increase their country’s ______

The government would show its support of domestic industry by providing subsidies which are what?

Why did Colonization appealed to Europeans? Ptolemy stated the universe was geocentric

_____ ________ heliocentric is where the universe is centered

around the ___

Spain’s Colonial Empire IN 1513, Ponce de Leon sailed from the

Caribbean north to Florida A later voyage to Florida in 1528 was

shipwrecked and survivors made their way through Mexico and the Southwest U.S.

Other Spanish explorers went to the Yucatan Peninsula

In 1519, with 15 ships and 600 men, Hernan Cortes defeated Montezuma, destroyed the city of Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City on top of it.

{Spain defeated the Aztecs by attacking them using guns and horses}

Hernan Cortes

Continued…. In 1530 Francisco Pizarro led 180 men and

37 horses from the Isthmus of Panama to the capital of the Inca Empire (now Peru)

In 1533 he claimed the land from Ecuador to Chile for Spain

Cortes and Pizarro destroyed many Aztec and Incan temples and artifacts and got rich off of the gold and silver they pillaged

In time Spain controlled the West Indies, southern and western North America, Central America and much of South America setting up colonies in all locations

Francisco Pizarro

Colonial Government and Society Spain directed the colonial gov. Officials called

viceroys represented the monarchy and reported to the Council of the Indies in Spain

The council planned and directed the empire’s growth on behalf of Spain

The colonies produced great wealth for Spain. {Spain’s main asset in the America’s was minerals}

In exchange Spanish colonists gave Native Americans smallpox, typhus and measles, killing countless numbers of people

Because they were all dying and the Spaniards still needed workers for the mines, they started importing slaves from Africa

Spain’s Colonial Rivals

The French, Dutch and English envied Spain’s wealth and began trading in Spain’s American ports, their monarchs encouraged pirates to attack Spanish ships and raid their towns

Ignoring Pope Alexander’s line, Spanish rivals also tried to establish colonies in the Americas

Charles V Back in Spain kings were expanding

their power too. King Charles V took the throne in 1516

and three years later he was elected Holy Roman Emperor

Charles realized that the Spanish and Holy Roman Empires had become too large for one man to rule.

In 1556 he gave up his throne and divided the vast lands among his family

Charles’ son Philip II received Spain and its possessions

Charles V

Philip II Philip II was a dedicated monarch whose

goal was to strengthen Spain’s hold as Europe’s leading power

{Philip ruled as an absolute monarch} He also considered himself the leader of the

Counter-Reformation and ordered the Spanish Inquisition to eliminate heresy

Philip involved Spain in many wars that were so costly the country fell into financial turmoil.

He did manage to defeat the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean

The

Spanish Inquisition

The Rise of the Dutch Philip II’s most costly policies were those toward the

Netherlands Philip had inherited the Netherlands and treated

them harshly because of the popularity of Calvinism He insisted that he, not the nobles, ruled the land.

He heavily taxed Dutch trade to pay for Spanish wars and he persecuted the Calvinists

These actions turned distrust of Philip to outright rebellion

In 1568 William of Orange led a revolt against Philip. Orange used guerrilla warfare tactics to keep the Spanish army confused

In 1579 the northern provinces declared their independence and in 1648 {Philip II lost the northern provinces in the Netherlands}

William of Orange

Dutch Society The Dutch built efficient ships and were expert sailors

enabling them to rule European commerce through the 1600’s

The Dutch, although mostly Calvinists, were tolerant of most religions

In 1602 the Dutch East India Company was founded and had total control over trade between the Netherlands and the East Indies

The first Dutch overseas colony was Java in 1619. From there they expanded to Sumatra and the Spice islands

Because the Dutch did not come as missionaries, Japan let them set up a trading center in Nagasaki.

In 1626 they purchased Manhattan island and renamed it New Amsterdam. The Dutch never tried to convert people to their way of thinking. The focused on business and trade

The Spanish Empire Declines

Many factors led to the decline of the Spanish Empire

{One reason for Spain’s decline was lack of industry}

Also Spain had virtually no middle class after all the Jews and Moors from the country. This weakened Spain’s economy and drained talent and capability from the country

Much of the empire’s wealth simply passed through Spain and was used to but goods from other countries making France, England and the Netherlands strong

Finally, Spanish people became discontented with high taxes and inflation, so they began to emigrate from Spain

Review How did Spain defeated the Aztecs? What was Spain’s main asset in the

America’s? What type of monarch was Philip? Who lost the northern provinces in

the Netherlands? What was the One reason for Spain’s

decline that was in brackets?

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