Queen Isabella I of Spain is considered a saint. She was an incredible leader in her faith. She was a Godly woman devoted to her kingdom and religion.She was a great leader who had much courage. She was a woman who wasn’t afraid of getting turned down. Isabella was a very artistic lady in history. She did not only help her people, but those that had a dream of a better life and education.She is considered a hero for many people, especially women . Queen Isabella helped start the America we know
In 1479, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile married, and united to rid the Muslims form The Granada. The Reconquista was a brutal conflict fueled in part by the devotion to Christianity and also the desire for land and profit. It was not just a war between kingdoms but a crusade against anyone who believed in anything other than Christianity. The Inquisition was a judicial institution that tried to seek out, and sentence
Queen Isabel I of Spain participated in the discovery of Latin America by funding Christobl Colon’s exhibition to the America’s. Queen Isabel was born on April 22, 1451 in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres. She was the daughter of John II King of Castile who was a strict Roman Catholic. Isabel was also brought up in her mother’s home country Portugal. In 1460 Isabel’s older brother Henrique became King of Castile- Leon, but he was very unpopular. In 1469 Isabel married Ferdinand II of Aragon
Granada was basically a Muslim province, so when they were done with their conquest, they wanted to set a standard religion. So that Spain will be united even more. That started the Spanish Inquisition which got rid or tortured anyone with a religion other
territories in what is now North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire. New Spain was established following Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and by the time it was dismantled in the Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821), it included all of present-day Mexico, much of Central America and the southwestern United States, Florida, the Spanish West Indies, and the Spanish East Indies including the Philippines. New Spain was the first of four
I will devote more time to Marti, Bolivar and Miranda due to the fact that they were more involved in creating a LA (Latin American) nation than other LA leaders. My review of Artigas, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, O’Higgins and San Martin will be brief but not less important. We are far away from becoming a united continent; very far in Central and South America, and not that far in North America.Were Canada and the USA, Mexico are prime examples.Canada and USA are much more united than Mexico. The
the Inquisition, was established by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, who were the Catholic monarchs in the Iberian Peninsula, in 1478. At that time, the Peninsula was divided into two main groups, the remaining Muslim stronghold at Granada and its tributaries, and the Catholic Kingdoms of Castile, Aragon and Navarre. The Reconquista, finished in 1492, created a serious problem for the Catholic monarchs because it left them with sizeable populations of Muslims and Jews, in addition to
Netherlands, Spain, and other countries in Europe during the 1400's and ended around the 1600s. During the Renaissance, Spain had a lot of great accomplishments. The unification of the Christian Kingdom came with the capturing of the last Islamic city Granada. Shortly following, Muslims and Jews were expelled which brought the Christian unification of Spain. In addition, Spanish explorers such as Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas and the western hemisphere. This was an important accomplishment
Venezuela. He was overthrown by conservative forces, and civil raged and Bolívar faced exile a few times. Then, he allied with the llañeros (Venezuelan cowboys), lead an army through the harsh terrain of the Andes, and attacked Bogotá (capital of New Granada) in 1819. In 1821, Bolívar freed Caracas, Venezuela and was labelled “The Liberator.” He moved south to Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to join forces with José de San
he wrote “We have achieved our independence at the expense of everything else” (Ellis. 231). After gaining independence from Spain, power struggles for the South American countries with other rival leaders began. This triggered destructive civil wars and ruined Simón Bolívar’s goal of a unified nation, Gran Colombia. South American countries also struggled to establish a stable government and an even longer struggle for a democracy. “During and after independence, political rights continued to