Transcript Spanish Empire

Though Spain’s colonial empire brought
great wealth and prestige, her royal
policies created many disadvantages.
 Increase
in prestige and power so that
Spain became competitive with other
European powers
 Great wealth that fueled its greatest artistic
period
 Many opportunities for Spaniards of all
classes who couldn't find them at home in
Spain
 Fulfillment of Spain’s Christian mission
 Price
revolution and inflation, increase in royal
expenditures, instability of royal finances, and
repudiation of royal debt
 Overextension of the monarch’s ability to
promote Catholicism
• conflict with British, Dutch, and Ottomans
 Difficulties
in fulfilling economic demands
because of expulsion of traditional trading
populations
• Jews and Muslims
 Discouragement
of need to modernize
economy or promote manufacturing