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This 11 page paper describes the revolutions that swept through Spanish America during the period 1808-1826 and their effects on the Spanish monarchy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Impact of Spanish American Revolutions on the Spanish Monarchy
Research Compiled by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction In the late 18th and early 19th
centuries, Spain was perhaps the most powerful nation on earth. It has established colonies in the New World, and treasure-gold, spices-flowed from those colonies back to the mother country. But
in 1808, France invaded Spain, pulling its attention away from Spanish America; during the period 1808-1829, most of its overseas colonies rebelled. This paper considers Spanish America, the various revolutions
and their impact on the Spanish monarchy. Discussion To people who know Spain only as the host of the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, or as a trendy vacation destination
but a nation of relatively little importance, its history as a world power may come as a surprise. But in the 15th-18th centuries, Spain was a powerhouse. Its explorers, or
those it hired to work explore on its behalf (Columbus, an Italian, was working for Spain when he bumped into the New World) were part of the amazing "Age of
Discovery" that included not only Columbuss voyages but those of Cortez, Magellan, and others. The Spanish expansion into the New World may be said to have begun in 1494,
with the Treaty of Tordesillas between it and Portugal (Haywood 622). The treaty divided the world in half with most of the Americas, except for Brazil, falling into the Spanish
sphere of influence (Haywood 622). The first Spanish colony in the New World was founded on Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti) by Columbus in 1496 and by 1518,
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