Absolute Monarchs Spanish Power Grows

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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.