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Why did the Spanish take the island of Annobon in the Treaty of El Pardo in 1778?
The conditions of the treaty of El Pardo, signed in 1778, have always been a mistery to me.
Quoting Wikipedia:
The Treaty of El Pardo was signed on March 11, 1778 between Queen Maria I of ...
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How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?
There are some arguments that Spain over-exploited the precious metal deposits of the new world, leading to wide-scale inflation. This, coupled with their expulsion of Jewish money lenders, caused ...
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How do the British and Spanish Empires compare with the Mongol and Macedonian Empires?
I'm trivially curious to know how the British (colonial) and Spanish (colonial) Empires compared against the Mongol (~Genghis Khan) and Macedonian (~Alexander) Empires. The comparison I'm interested ...
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What were the consequences of the bankruptcies of the Spanish Empire?
During the reigns of Charles V and Philip II Habsburg, the Spanish Empire had to declare bankruptcy several times. What were the consequences of these events? Did, for example, some of their assets ...
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How did former Spanish colonies in the Americas become so fragmented?
If we only consider countries that are connected by land, there are 16 Spanish speaking countries in the Americas, totaling 11,301,072 km2 in area. That's only slightly larger than Canada (9,984,670 ...
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What was the main food source in old California?
What was the main food source in California during the Spanish and Mexican periods? I'm expecting it was either corn or wheat, but I don't know which.
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Father-Presidents of the California Missions
During the Spanish Colonial period, the California missions were run by a priest with the title of Father-President (padre-presidente). I'm trying to find more information about this office, ...
