What did Catholic Monarchs? - They increased the power. - they created modern state. - They conquered Granada (The end of the Reconquista). - They expanded their kingdom (Canary Islands, Melilla and Navarra). - They gave money to Christopher Columbus for a voyage to discover America. -
This was an organitasation with special powers to find people who didn´t follow the oficial Catholic religión. The Inquitition arrested and interrogated people. Sometimes people were tortured and killed.
She was the daughter of the Catholic Monarchs. She was queen of Castilla and Aragón from 1500 to 1516. She was the mother of Carlos I. But the country was ruled by her husband and her father.
In the year 1519 Hernán Cortés conquered Mexico. He conquered the Azteca King and founded the city of Mexico. He became to be the governor of New Spain
Cristopher Columbus discovered America. He wanted to find a west route to Asia. Columbus landed on the Caribbean islands of San Salvador and Hispaniola. He made three more voyages.
He was born in Gante (1500/1558). He was king of Spain between 1516 to 1555. Under the Hapsburs, Spain became an enormous international empire. It included lands in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
Fernando Magallanes was the first person to sail acrros the Pacific Ocean. he left Spain in 1519 and crossed the Atlantic Ocean. He sailed around South America and into the Pacific Ocean: He crossed the Pacific, and arrived in Phillippines, where he was killed in battle.
When Magallanes died, Juan Sebastian Elcano took over the expedition. He arrived in Spain in 1522. Elcano bicame the first person to sail around the world
Francisco Pizzarro was another conquistador. In 1932 he went to Peru. Pizarro and his men took the Inca emperor, Atahualpa, captive. Pizarro conquered the Incas and became the governor of Peru.
We'd love to hear from you. Please send questions or feedback to the below email addresses.
Before contacting us, you may wish to visit our FAQs page which has lots of useful info on Tiki-Toki.
We can be contacted by email at: hello@tiki-toki.com.
You can also follow us on twitter at twitter.com/tiki_toki.
If you are having any problems with Tiki-Toki, please contact us as at: help@tiki-toki.com
Close