Being that I am Latino and knowing how Spanish colonization affected Latin America, I want to know how the colonial period affected Spain itself. I live in the U.S. and I know about the colonial period mostly on the Latin American perspective.
Most of what I know about the history of Spain was that it was once a Roman province inhabited by Celts and Basque people before the Germanic Visigoths formed their own kingdom. Due to internal instability the Muslims invaded and took over almost the entire Iberian peninsula reducing the Christians to a small retreat far north, where for the next 770 years or so started to expand and reclaim the peninsula breaking up and merging among a few kingdoms in the process, until in 1492 when Castile, the most dominant kingdom, got rid of the last remaining Muslim stronghold. Castile and Aragon would later merge under the Catholic Monarchs to form modern Spain. The remaining Muslims and Jews were either expelled or forced to be converted during the Inquisition.
That same year, Spain would sponsor Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Indies since there was a need to an alternative trade route due to the Ottomans taking over Constantinople. Little did he and his crew know they would stumble upon new continents.
Beyond that I know somewhat little about Spain into the modern period. All I know is that the Habsburgs soon ascended the throne, briefly also ascended the throne of Portugal until they got booted by the Braganzas, got so inbred that their last ruler Carlos II couldn't produce an heir and led to the War of Spanish succession ending with the Bourbons taking over. Then Napoleon briefly occupied Spain leading to rural rebellions.
Then in the late 19th century and early 20th century Marxism and Anarchism enter the country leading to the creation of two republics until the 1930s Civil War where the republicans and the nationalists fight each other, the nationalists win and the Bourbon dynasty is restored with Francisco Franco ruling the country until 1975. Afterwards, Spain democratizes and joins the EU.
Today however, tensions remain between right-wing nationalists and left-wing Marxists and anarchists along with various dissident succession movements amongst the autonomous regions especially with Catalonia, the Basque and Galicia. I also heard that Spain isn't doing so good economically compared to northern European countries.
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Most of what I know about the history of Spain was that it was once a Roman province inhabited by Celts and Basque people before the Germanic Visigoths formed their own kingdom. Due to internal instability the Muslims invaded and took over almost the entire Iberian peninsula reducing the Christians to a small retreat far north, where for the next 770 years or so started to expand and reclaim the peninsula breaking up and merging among a few kingdoms in the process, until in 1492 when Castile, the most dominant kingdom, got rid of the last remaining Muslim stronghold. Castile and Aragon would later merge under the Catholic Monarchs to form modern Spain. The remaining Muslims and Jews were either expelled or forced to be converted during the Inquisition.
That same year, Spain would sponsor Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Indies since there was a need to an alternative trade route due to the Ottomans taking over Constantinople. Little did he and his crew know they would stumble upon new continents.
Beyond that I know somewhat little about Spain into the modern period. All I know is that the Habsburgs soon ascended the throne, briefly also ascended the throne of Portugal until they got booted by the Braganzas, got so inbred that their last ruler Carlos II couldn't produce an heir and led to the War of Spanish succession ending with the Bourbons taking over. Then Napoleon briefly occupied Spain leading to rural rebellions.
Then in the late 19th century and early 20th century Marxism and Anarchism enter the country leading to the creation of two republics until the 1930s Civil War where the republicans and the nationalists fight each other, the nationalists win and the Bourbon dynasty is restored with Francisco Franco ruling the country until 1975. Afterwards, Spain democratizes and joins the EU.
Today however, tensions remain between right-wing nationalists and left-wing Marxists and anarchists along with various dissident succession movements amongst the autonomous regions especially with Catalonia, the Basque and Galicia. I also heard that Spain isn't doing so good economically compared to northern European countries.
@SparkLight
@thespanishcel
@Steiner Ex Machina
@BCNincel
@El3ctr1ck
@AbsolutelyBrutal
@ConquistadorCel
@IsolationHurts
@Honeypot
@littlemanhikicel
@Deadend
@soymonkcel
@Solo Disident
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