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advance = avance
arrest = detener
Bourbons = Borbones
canals = canales
captive = cautivo
Caribbean = Caribe
colonise = colonizar
commoners = plebeyo
conquistadors = conquistadores
contribution = contribución
court = corte
dynasty = dinastía
empire = imperio
event = acontecimiento
expedition = expedición
expel = expulsar
explorer = explorador
face = afrontar
fountain = fuente
grandson = nieto
heir = heredero
improve = desarrollar
institutions = instituciones
interrogate = interrogar
intolerant = intolerante
invention = invento
leech = sanguijuela
monument = monumento
natives = aborígenes
novel = novela
painter = pintor
peoples = pueblos, poblaciones
poem = poema
privileges = privilegios
shopkeepers = tenderos
slaves = esclavos
spies = espías
state = estado
torture = torturar
unite = unificar
view = vista
voyage = viaje
voyage of discovery = viaje de descubrimiento
writer = escritor
REVIEW:
CATHOLIC MONARCHS:
1. United the Kingdoms of Castilla and Aragón, so they increased their power.
2. Created a modern state.
3. Conquered Granada, 1492.
4. Included Canary Islands, Melilla and Navarra to their kingdom.
5. Gave money to Christopher Columbus for a voyage of discovery.
6. Established Inquisition, 1478, an organization with special powers to find
people who didn’t follow Catholic religion.
7. Expelled Jewish people from their kingdom, 1492.
CONQUISTADORS:
*Fernando Magallanes: was the first to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
*Juan Sebastián Elcano: first person to sail around the world (1519-1522).
HAPSBURGS:
End of dynasty:
BOURBONS:
After the death of Carlos II other European countries disagreed about who should be
the next king, so the War of the Spanish Succession started. As a result, Spain lost
power and lands in Europe and Bourbons ruled the country.
Felipe V:
Was the first king, he ruled with absolute power the first half of 18th century.
Centralized the government.
Divided Spain in provinces.
Carlos III: