Every Single Fucking Character Flashcards
Isabel de Castile
Married to King Ferdinand of Aragon also Catholic. She also helped her husband sponsor Columbus’s journey to the New World
King Philip the Handsome
Married Juana La Loca. First Habsburg monarchy in Spain.
Charles V of Austria and I of Spain
Many people consider him to be the first king of Spain. The concourse and ruling of the Aztec and Inca empires happened under him. His reign was brought down by war. The Spanish church boys in America with the biggest source of wealth and power to Spain at this point.
Francisco Pizarro
Conquered the Incan Empire and three expeditions. He founded Lima, Peru
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Discovered and claimed the Pacific ocean for Spain
Hernan Cortez
Conquered The Aztecs in central America
Diego de Almagro
A soldier who Joined forces with Pizarro and agreed to split the wealth. He been fraught with Pizarro and ended up killed. As a result of his family then killed Pizarro
King Joseph of Biaganza
King of Portugal 1750z Worked with the Marquess of Pombal who really did the work
Sabastiāo José de Carvalho
Marquess of Pombal
The secretary of state during King Joseph I reign. He created the reforms of Portugal:
- Free Trade amongst Captaincies
- Central Government was moved from Salvador de Bahia to Rio de Janeiro
- Natives were Free
- expulsion of the Jesuits
He prevented Brazil from fragmentation held the country together. He created the basis for public schools, new tax pays, added more departments for studies. He made the official language of Brazil Portuguese.
King Ferdinand of Argon
Catholic king who sponsored the first voyage of Christopher Columbus and 1492
King Philip II
Son of Charles the I of Spain and IV of Austria. He finished colonizing and established government new Spain. He was able to obtain the largest expansion of the Spanish Empire in the New World. He brought the first universities, first bishops, and first cities. He was a part of the house of Habsburg
Charles III or Spain
First number of the house of bourbon. Under him Spain get independence was last Land in Africa. Bourbon reforms are mainly to raise the tax collection in order to modernize Spain by limiting power of the Creoles and establishing supremacy over their territories. Charles law seven years war with Spain in the country was struggling. This was the reason for the reforms.
Pablo Villeda
Priest that started to call for independence in Peru.
Servando de Mier
Priest that starts a call for independence in Mexico.
Francisco de Miranda
Forerunner of Simón Bolívar. He led an attempted invasion of the captaincy general Venezuela. His attempted Independence failed. He’s very dictoral and got handed over to the Spanish baby Bolívar because his actions were treasonous. He led the Patriotic Society of Caracas.
Antonio Cariño
Hey Colombian radical that called the independence. Many people did not agree with his independence process.
Mariano Moreno
Argentinian. Wrote the Landowners Petition which attacked Spanish navigation acts and urged people to free trade with other nations. He’s started an aggressive route to independence and was forced to resign.
Miguel Hidalgo
Mexican catholic priest who is known as the founding father of Mexico. He marched cross Mexico and with an army of 90,000 men and attached Spanish Peninsulares and Creole elites. They were not well trained and when they met Spanish troops who were well-trained most of them flood and were killed. Hidalgo
Was executed