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What were some accomplishments made by Phillip II when he was king of Spain?
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Phillip II (1556-1598)
- Promote Catholicism in all Spanish provinces
- Enforced ideas of Council of Trent
- Placed half sister Margaret in charge of the Low Countries
- Went to Castile
- Wanted Castile to outshine other provinces
- All trade money went through Madrid before going elsewhere
- Promoted Castilian
- Built El Escorial
- Shape of cross
- Head of state, monastery, and papal seat
- Hapsburgs dug up and reburied there
- "The Paper King"
- Looked at every sheet of paper concerning government
- Took too long and resulted in breakdown of system
- Showed him being absolute monarch
- Ottoman Turks
- Wanted Venice that Spain had
- (1571) Genoa, Venice, Spain
- Battle of Le Panto
- Last great Spanish victory
- Gained control of the Mediterranean and North African trade
- Should have followed the Turks, but couldn't because of the war with the Netherlands
- (1580) Took control of Portugal
- Resented, and wasted money putting down rebellion
- Big deal due to colonies in North America and India
- Civil Religious War in Netherlands
- 17 provinces controlled by Stadholder
- Not fanatical or united
- Southern 10 were RCC
- North 7 were indifferent
- Tried all : Lutheran, RCC, Calvin (good in theory; led to...) Dutch Reform Church
- Glue was nationalism, not religion
- (1564) Phillip II wanted Low Countries to become RCC
- They didn't agree
- Northerners write: Compromise of 1564
- Pledged to keep their religion
- Like the Solemn Oath and Covenant of Scotland
- Attempt to be reasonable; don't want war with powerful Spain
- However, they have money, and war would hurt Spain
- Go to Margaret with list of request to compromise; named "The Beggars"
- Leader: William I House of Orange
- (1567) Duke of Ava
- Horrible man with 20,000 followers
- Council of Troubles; his court
- Council of Blood
- Had support of RCC
- Executed thousands for treason against the crown and destroyed crops and towns
- 10% tax on the income united people
- William floods his own cities to kill both sides
- The Spanish Fury (1576)
- Spain's attack of Antwerp (mistake!)
- Killed 7,000 in 4 days
- Catholics in the south join the north against Phillip; Dutch unite
- Phillip forced to sign the Pacification of Ghent
- Mostly agree to be self governing
- Didn't work because of major religious differences between groups
- South refused to stick with the north
- (1579) Union of Arras
- 10 providences ally back with Spain
- Union of Utrecht (1581)
- 7 Northern providences become the Dutch Republic
- William I becomes the first king
- Pledge to continue to fight Spain
- Phillip wouldn't let them go, although it harms the economy
- England funneled money through France to help the Dutch
- Treaty of Nonsuch -- England publicly gave money to help fight Spain
- 12 Year Truce (1609)
- Spain and Dutch Republic; makes them self governing
- Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
- DR gains total independence
- Phillip wasted too much money and time
- Sends the Armada against England in 1588; defeated
- There were only 8 ships left, but they rebuilt
- Spanish colonies didn't suffer because England's navy was too weak to threaten them
- Refuses to use personal wealth to help Spain, or to let trade go through other provinces besides Castille
- Stops agriculture to support the sheep raising; not profitable
- Won't invest in industry
- Nobles worked the least in all of Europe, but they have most wealth
- Spain a nation of haves and have nots
- Complacent nobles, increase size of church
- More priests in Spain
- Didn't let poor go to new world
- Still made outsiders leave; Moors and Jews lead to population decline
- He died
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∙ 15y agoMade peace with France. Mandated religious reforms for the Netherlands. Increased government power.
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∙ 11y agoHE conquered Portugal
He conquered Philippines
Under Philip II's rule Spain became one the richest nation of the world
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∙ 14y agohe colinized the philippeans.
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∙ 12y agoshane warren
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