Please enable JavaScript.

Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.

FELIPE II - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Spanish Monarchy
      - particularly Felipe II
  - - - during the decades 1550 and 1560
    - - 1568
- - - - in 1559
    - - civil war between Catholic and Protestants
        
        Felipe II supported the Catholics
  - - - The population in the northern provinces of the Low Countries
        
        where the Calvinism had spread
        
        rose up against the King
      - It ended in 1648
      - Felipe II sent Duke of Alba
        
        who carried out
        
        a harsh military campaign but did not manage to contain wars
        
        he was replaced by Alexander Farnese
        
        mantained control of Flanders
        
        United provinces proclaimed their independence from the Spanish Crown
        
        in 1581
  - - - decrease Ottoman control over the Mediterranean Sea
      - an alliance between
        
        Spain
        
        Venice
        
        The Pope
      - Christian fleet
        
        to fight against the Ottoman forces
        
        commanded by John of Austria
    - - in 1571
      - Ottomans were defeated and ceased to be a threat
  - - - Supported English pirates who acted against interests of Spain
        
        in the Americas
      - Anglican
      - Defended the Protestants rebels in the Low Countries
        
        against the King of Spain
    - - formed a powerful fleet (130 ships)
        
        GREAT ARMADA
      - Objective
        
        to transport troops from Portugal and Flanders
        
        Invade England
        
        depose the queen
- - - - own institutions
      - specific laws (fueros)
      - therefore,
        
        when one of the king's secretaries was accused of assessination
        
        Antonio Pérez
        
        he was able to protect himself in Aragon
        
        taking advantage of his rights under its laws
        
        The king used the Inquisition to capture him
        
        Perez fled to France due to
        
        an uprising in defence of the fueros
        
        In Castilla
  - - - its outgoings were higher than the income he received
    - - discovery of new silver and gold mines in the Americas
      - the increase in taxes
  - - - discrimination against the religious minorities
      - imposition of Catholicism
    - - in 1570
- - - - the difficulties he experienced in controlling them
    - - Austria
      - the Imperial Crown
    - - The rest of his territorial patrimony
        
        Castilla and his territories in the Americas.
        
        The Crown of Aragón and his Italian territories
        
        The Low Countries and Franche-Comté
  - - - leaving no heirs
    - - inherited the kingdom of Portugal
      - inherited Portuguese territories in
        
        the Americas
        
        Africa
        
        Asia
      - his army, led by the Duke of Alba
        
        defeated the Portuguese nobles
        
        who opposed these territories being taken by Spanish Monarchy
      - his dominions stretched across the globe
        
        after
        
        the conquest of the Philippines
        
        the incorporation of the Portuguese territories
      - In order to govern his empire
        
        increased bureaucracy by
        
        founding the Council of Portugal
        
        granting more power to the secretaries
        
        types of ministers that acted as intermediaries between
        
        the King
        
        Councils
      - In 1561
        
        Madrid became the capital of his kingdom