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Crucible of Empire: The Spanish–American War is a 1999 television documentary film about the Spanish–American War and American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century. Produced by the Great Projects Film Company and South Carolina ETV for PBS , it details how the United States' imperial ambitions largely grew out of its war with the ...
In 1776, Spain was a global empire, with territories spanning from Europe to the Americas and the Philippines. The influence of the Enlightenment was evident in the Spanish court, where ideas of rational governance, economic reform, and scientific progress were taking root under the guidance of Charles III and his enlightened ministers.
The Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square miles) in area 1668: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza. 1675: Charles II of Spain, the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire, was crowned. 1700: 1 November
The Trienio Liberal, ([ˈtɾjenjo liβeˈɾal]) or Three Liberal Years, was a period of three years in the modern history of Spain between 1820 and 1823, when a liberal government ruled Spain after a military uprising in January 1820 by the lieutenant-colonel Rafael de Riego against the absolutist rule of Ferdinand VII.
Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754–1766. Faber and Faber, 2001; Anderson, Fred and Cayton, Andrew. The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America 1500–2000. Penguin Books, 2005. Anderson, Fred. The War that Made America: a Short History of the French and ...
The Carlists – supporters of Infante Carlos and his descendants – fought to promote Spanish tradition and Catholicism against the liberalism of successive Spanish governments. [5] The Carlists attempted to restore the historic liberties and broad regional autonomy granted to the Basque Country and Catalonia by their fueros (regional charters).
The Economic Societies in the Spanish World, 1763–1821. Syracuse (1958). Smith, Angel. Historical dictionary of Spain (2009) Udías, Agustín. "Earthquakes as God's punishment in 17th-and 18th-century Spain." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 310.1 (2009): 41–48. Walker, Geoffrey J. Spanish Politics and Imperial Trade, 1700 ...