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Many people think that the earth was flat.
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The catholic kings, united the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon
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Christopher Colombus discovered America.
Beging of the modern age -
Colombus leave from Palos
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The 3 boats reached land
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The Canary Islands became part of Spain and the conquest of Granada happened
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Spain became a powerful empire, the largest that had ever existed.
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Carlos I began to be the king of Spain.
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Felipe II became ruler of the largest empire of its time, he also inberited many problems.
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The netherlands rose up againt Spanish rule. They declared the independence. This began a costly war.
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Felipe II defeated the torks at the Battle of Lepanto.
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The empire exanded more when the kingdom of Portugal came under Spainish rule.
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Although the armada was a powerful fleet of warships
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After the death of Felipe II the Spanish empire weakened and began to break up.
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Carlos II died without leaving a sucessor, there were a lot of candidates, for example: Philip of Anjou, France, Archduke charles, Germany.
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Great Britain and Portugal disrupted trades ruotes between Spain and the Americas.
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This was a desicive battle in the triunph of Felipe V, in Spain.
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The war of succession ended. With signing of the Treaty of Utrecht.
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The Riot of Aranjuez forced Carlos IV to abdicate and his son became to be the king, Fernando VII
