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because they had claimed it first. i think? ahaha (im a fisleranian. LOL)

When England was moving in to the "New World" then they fought and booted Spain out of what is now Florida and such. So yes, England did invade Spain , before the Boston Tea Party ever happened .

In 1704 Dutch and British Marines captured Gibraltar which is still a British dependency.

During the Peninsular war British troops invaded Spain several times (1809-1815) to attempt to free it from Napoleon's control. It was eventually freed by the combined efforts of Spanish and British troops under the Duke of Wellington.

Spain is invaded by the British holiday army of a million or so every year.

It depends on their personalities and their nationality. Sometimes, it's based on religion. We also have what he call quinciañeras, or a ceremony celebrating a girl's fifteenth birthday, or the day when she is now considered a lady.

Actually Isabel and Ferdinand did not "Unite" anything.

Ferdinand II was the King of Aragon. Isabela I was the Queen of Castile and Leon. They were married in 1469. Each ruled their own kingdom(s) and co-ruled their spouse' kingdom. Both were deceased by 1516.

Spain did not come into being (was "United") until their Grandson Carlos I of Spain, also known as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, inherited the 3 kingdoms in 1516. Isabela I and Ferdinand II never ruled "Spain".

Isabela I died in 1504 and was succeeded by her daughter, Juana la Loca (Juana the crazy, who was in turn succeeded by Philip I. Ferdinand ruled Aragon until his death in 1516.

Spain grows grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, and citrus.

Portugal grows grain, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, and grapes.

By revolts against the Natives. When Spain lost its land they were attempting to get it back, and many countries in Europe were willing to help them, but the British basically went up to America and said "Guys can you help us stop Spain from harming Latin America?" (because Britain and Spain were big enemies and were considered some of the worlds most powerful nations, and Britain wanted to limit Spain's power, so James Monroe, the President of the US at the time, created the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that Spain needs to leave Latin America alone and that the US and Britain would defend Latin America if they attempted to get their land back.

One of the factors was that the Ottoman Turks took control of the sea trading route of the Mediterranean so the Spanish had to find new routes to trade with the eastern countries.

Also, the development of new technologies like the compass, the astrolabe and the caravels helped them travel farther to the west.

In Spain there was a social class called the Hidalgos they were like low nobility so they wanted to get richer and make a name of themselves, these were the people that led the explorations.

The King Ferdinand and the Queen Isabella just had united the Spanish kingdom and they were anxious to make it richer and bigger.

Spain is farther north than Portugal. The two countries are located on the Iberian Peninsuula. The Peninsula's northernmost point is Punta da Estaca de Bares [Estaca de Bares Point] in the Autonomous Community of Galicia [Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia] in northwestern Spain.

The Moors invaded Spain in the year 711. They officially left in 1492 as per a treaty signed with Ferdinand and Isabella. (This freed up money that had been supporting the military to be used for exploration. That's why Columbus was able to sail in 1492.)

Christopher Columbus helped Spain by exploring the area known as the West Indies and parts of northern South America. He brought back spices from his journey, as well as stories of riches. He opened the door for more explorers or Spanish Conquistadors to find riches for Spain.

The Persian Gulf or the eastern Mediterranean's economy is most dependent on the export of oil.

Spain began building missions in Texas in 1716. Two years later, the first civilian settlement in Texas, San Antonio, was established as a way station between the missions and the nearest existing Spanish settlement.

Philippos II did rule the Macedonians between 359 and 336 BCE. He managed in his reign time to unify and control the city states of Greece and prepared his army and son Alexander the Great for their success.

MOORS
The proper term for the "Moors" is "AMAZIGH", as they are known in their language, or "Berbers" as both Westerners and Arabs have identified them. Amazigh are the indigenous people of the Maghreb or northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.) Amazigh come in nearly every color, from pale white skin to dark black skin. They had recently converted to Islam when Arab Islamic Armies had barrelled their way across North Africa.

OTHER MUSLIM GROUPS IN SPAIN
However, in addition to the Amazigh, there were numerous significant minorities of Muslims who lived in Spain. The largest minority were ARABS or Muslims coming from Middle East. They were a mix of people from Arabia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Arabs were actually the rulers of all of Islamic Spain from 711-1038 C.E., after which the Amazigh became much more powerful and prominent, especially with the Almoravid and Almohad Caliphates. However, the last Islamic nation in Spain was the Arab Nasrid Emirate of Granada, which existed alone from 1252-1492.

Another major group were the MULADIS who were indigenous Iberians/Spaniards who converted to Islam. Muladis very rarely wielded political power and were often taxed as Non-Muslims, but there were occasions when they were able to gain power in the Taifa Kingdoms, which were Islamic city-states in southern Spain which developed after the fall of Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba, but before the Almoravid invasion and again after the Almohads were excised from Spain, but before the Christian North conquered all of them save the Emirate of Granada.

The last major group of Muslims in Spain were the former Slavic Slaves called SAQALIBA. The Muslims had a massive slave trade throughout the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (as well as with Sub-Saharan Africa). One of the largest places of origin for Islamic Slaves was southeastern and eastern Europe, where numerous Slavic peoples were sold into slavery. Many of these Slavs became slaves in Islamic Spain. However, some were able to earn their freedom, usually by a combination of luck, physical ability to overpower their master, and conversion to Islam. These now-freed Slavs who had been born in Spain and were now Muslims were called Saqaliba. Saqaliba very rarely wielded political power, but there were occasions when they were able to gain power in the Taifa Kingdoms (like the Muladis). The Saqaliba famously ruled the Taifa of Denia, which controlled parts of the Balaeric Islands and Valencia.

The Philippines have not been 'under' Spain for more than 100 years.

MOORS
The proper term for the "Moors" is "AMAZIGH", as they are known in their language, or "Berbers" as both Westerners and Arabs have identified them. Amazigh are the indigenous people of the Maghreb or northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.) Amazigh come in nearly every color, from pale white skin to dark black skin. They had recently converted to Islam when Arab Islamic Armies had barrelled their way across North Africa.

OTHER MUSLIM GROUPS IN SPAIN
However, in addition to the Amazigh, there were numerous significant minorities of Muslims who lived in Spain. The largest minority were ARABS or Muslims coming from Middle East. They were a mix of people from Arabia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Arabs were actually the rulers of all of Islamic Spain from 711-1038 C.E., after which the Amazigh became much more powerful and prominent, especially with the Almoravid and Almohad Caliphates. However, the last Islamic nation in Spain was the Arab Nasrid Emirate of Granada, which existed alone from 1252-1492.

Another major group were the MULADIS who were indigenous Iberians/Spaniards who converted to Islam. Muladis very rarely wielded political power and were often taxed as Non-Muslims, but there were occasions when they were able to gain power in the Taifa Kingdoms, which were Islamic city-states in southern Spain which developed after the fall of Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba, but before the Almoravid invasion and again after the Almohads were excised from Spain, but before the Christian North conquered all of them save the Emirate of Granada.

The last major group of Muslims in Spain were the former Slavic Slaves called SAQALIBA. The Muslims had a massive slave trade throughout the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (as well as with Sub-Saharan Africa). One of the largest places of origin for Islamic Slaves was southeastern and eastern Europe, where numerous Slavic peoples were sold into slavery. Many of these Slavs became slaves in Islamic Spain. However, some were able to earn their freedom, usually by a combination of luck, physical ability to overpower their master, and conversion to Islam. These now-freed Slavs who had been born in Spain and were now Muslims were called Saqaliba. Saqaliba very rarely wielded political power, but there were occasions when they were able to gain power in the Taifa Kingdoms (like the Muladis). The Saqaliba famously ruled the Taifa of Denia, which controlled parts of the Balaeric Islands and Valencia.

Florida was purchased from Spain in 1819. It was negotiated by John Quincy Adams would was Secretary of State at the time.

Spain is on good or decent terms with almost every nation, but has its strongest strategic alliance with NATO members, especially the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France.

Spain has good relations with Russia, India, and China, but nothing close to an alliance.

The trip was to see if he could go to eastern Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean.

The short answer is that he wasn't.

In fact the truth is that Columbus had to petition for many years to get permission to go and explore the ocean. The reason why he needed permission was that he could not raise the necessary funds all by himself, because at that time of his life he was not very wealthy and did not even live in his own house but in a humble apartment above the cartographer's shop where he worked.

So Columbus hoped that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella would lend him enough money to fit out an expedition. In return he promised to give them seven-eighths of everything he found, keeping one eighth for himself (and the King and Queen considered this rather greedy of him, which is one of the factors that contributed to his lengthy wait).

The most significant cause for the delay in obtaining permission was that the King and Queen waged a series of what they regarded as "holy wars", first against the Moors and then the Jews, and this led to that terrible period which came to be known as the Spanish Inquisition where many thousands of people were persecuted, tortured and even killed in the name of religion.

All of this activity placed a considerable strain on the royal coffers, and so the King and Queen were quite reluctant to lend any money to Columbus, especially since many of their most senior advisers and scholars considered Columbus to be a crackpot adventurer (and that was when they were being nice about him!).

After some fourteen long years of being constantly fobbed off by the Spanish royals, Columbus finally got fed up with waiting and decided to try his luck with the King of France.

Then by one of those strange quirks of fate that make history so fascinating, Columbus happened to stop one evening at a certain monastery to beg for food and lodging for himself and his son Diego (at the time about 11 or 12 years old).

They were tired and hungry, so the Prior took pity on them and invited them in to share a meal. During the meal Columbus related some of his tale to the Prior, and the Prior was fascinated by everything he heard.

Unlike so many of his contemporaries, he believed that Columbus was really onto something with his theory of land far across the ocean, and when he heard that this great opportunity for discovery was about to be lost to France he begged Columbus to be patient and wait for him to return. He would, he said, ride to see the Queen and ask her to reconsider Columbus's request.

The odd coincidence is that out of all the places where Columbus could have stopped to seek help, he happened to choose the one monastery in which the Prior just happened to have been the former religious confessor to the Queen.

Because the Prior was a man who the Queen respected and trusted, she was willing to listen to his opinion, and this persuaded her to summon Columbus for one more meeting and a chance to put forward his case once again.

This time he was heard more favorably and after a little haggling on either side over minor details it was finally agreed that Columbus would be provided with money, ships and men to help him carry out his expedition.

So that is the story of how, by the strange coincidence of happening to stop in the right place at the right time and then talk to exactly the right person, Columbus was finally able to achieve his dream.

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oooo i am studying spain for an explorer project so here goes. they attempted to set up colonies in california (missions) and in mexico (explorer hernan cortes who conquered mexico) i think those are the two main colonies that were attempted XD