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There were numerous events and situations that brought about Spain's decline during the seventeenth century. They include a series of weak ineffectual kings, financial instability that bankrupted the crown, crippling military loses to other European powers, power struggles, and a fixation on its American colonies that caused it to ignore issues at home.
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∙ 12y agowhat caused Spain to lose their empire in the 1500s
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∙ 12y agoinflation and a growing population made it harder to maintain colonies.
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∙ 13y agoSpain wasn't losing their empire in the 16th century, they were building it.
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∙ 13y agoSpain did not fall in 1490. In fact, Spain has only been occupied once after the Moors were defeated in 1492, and that was by Napoleon in the 19th century.
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What caused the native American population to decline in the 1500s?
Diseases brought from Europe for which they had no immunity.
Much of the impetus for spanish exploration and pursuit of glory in the early 1500s came from spains recent?
nation unification and expulsion of the Muslim Moors
What caused Japanese disunity from the 1300s to the 1500s?
Ekynxnen
What caused Songhai's defeat?
the empire was conquered by the moroccans in the late 1500s.
What caused the deaths of Native American populations after the 1500s?
only two people survived this
Was European Christianity in serious decline in the early 1500s?
Not in Serious Decline but some people began to follow other Religons instead of what the Church of Rome taught (who was headed by the pope). One country who lead the decline of the following of the church of Rome was England who's ruler was Queen Elizabeth I.
Why did native american populations rapidly decline during the 1500s?
they died due to europeans bringing over diseases that the native americans bodies were not adapted to.
What factors kept Russia isolated from the rest of Europe in the 1500s and 1600s?
They were under Mongolian rule
What did the Europeans introduce to the Americas that caused the deaths of thousands of native Americans in the 1500s and 1600s?
contagious Diseases
What caused the sudden beginning of modern science in the 1500s?
The answer is the great technological advances during the Protestant Reformation
How long were the Aztecs alive?
It is thought that they lived since the 12th century (1100s) to the end of the 16th century (1500s) Their decline was due to the sudden outbreak of smallpox and typhus.
What caused the new business practices that sprung in the 1500s and 1600s?
Mercantilism was the economic policy from the 1500s to 1700s. The goal was to build up the state to protect it from warfare. There were many territorial wars in Europe during this time.
