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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • By the 1500s Spain had emerged as a world power!
  • After Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V ruled
    Spain.
  • Charles ruled Spain and the Hapsburg Empire.
  • Hapsburg Empire

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • Ruling TWO empires took a toll on Charles he
    gave some land to his brother, Ferdinand and the
    majority to his son Philip II.
  • Philip ruled Spain for 42 years.
  • Using riches from the Americas, Spain became a
    formidable power.

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • About Philip
  • Devoted all of his time to government work.
  • Seldom hunted or jousted.
  • Lived like a monk.
  • His home, Escorial, served as a church,
    residence, and tomb for royal family.

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • Philip ruled as an absolute monarch, or a ruler
    with complete authority over the government and
    lives of the people.
  • Divine right authority to rule came directly
    from God.

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • Philip fought many wars to promote Spanish
    Catholic power.
  • In the 1580s he saw Elizabeth of England as his
    chief Protestant enemy.
  • (A few years earlierhe had tried to marry
    her!)
  • In 1588 he raised a huge armada, or fleet of
    ships, to carry a Spanish invasion to England.

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • Spanish Armada Facts
  • 130 Ships
  • 20,000 men
  • 2,400 artillery
  • The armada was whipped by Elizabeths navy and
    sent home a loser.

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Absolute MonarchsSpanish Power Grows
  • The defeat of the armada marked the decline of
    Spanish power.
  • By the 1600s and 1700s, Spain was no longer a
    major power.
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