with the help of Christopher Columbus’s
voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 Spain
went on to establish one of the largest
empires the world has ever seen
hi I’m Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the rise dominance and fall of
this one time world empire after the
Union of Castile and Aragon effectively
created Spain the resulting new kingdom
quickly began to Commission overseas
explorations under the Spanish flag it
was Christopher Columbus who
accidentally discovered the Americas
while attempting to reach Asia via the
Atlantic
this began Spain’s colonization of the
Americas with countries like Portugal
England France and others not far behind
in 1510 Spain was finally successful in
creating the first permanent European
settlement in what is now Colombia the
Year 1513 saw Spain’s Vasco núñez de
Balboa become the first European to lead
an expedition to the Pacific Ocean when
he crossed present-day Panama groups of
warrior explorers called conquistadors
began colonizing the Caribbean islands
and areas of South America despite
resistance by the indigenous population
the conquistadors used rival native
tribes against each other in order to
gain an advantage Spain’s expansion did
not stop at the Americas after finding
the westward route to the Far East
the Columbus had been searching for
years earlier Spain established colonies
in Guam the Philippines and other nearby
islands at the height of the Spanish
Empire in the 17th century the kingdom
controlled much of the Americas
territories in Africa Asia and Oceania
and large portions of Europe in total
they controlled approximately 13% of the
world’s total land area continuing war
with various countries throughout Europe
meant trouble for Spain’s economy by the
end of the 17th century France had
emerged as Europe’s superpower marking
the beginning of the end for Spain’s
Empire in the 19th century the Spanish
American wars of Independence and the
spanish-american war saw Spain lose all
of its territories throughout the
Americas and Asia even after its fall as
a dominant world power Spain’s legacy
remains evident the Spanish dollar was
the world’s first Glo
currency because of the country’s role
in the foundations of global trade this
trade would see the introduction of
things like horses apples and even wheat
to the new world from Europe the Spanish
language and Roman Catholic faith were
also spread throughout the world both
still dominant in most of its former
colonies even centuries later
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voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 Spain
went on to establish one of the largest
empires the world has ever seen
hi I’m Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the rise dominance and fall of
this one time world empire after the
Union of Castile and Aragon effectively
created Spain the resulting new kingdom
quickly began to Commission overseas
explorations under the Spanish flag it
was Christopher Columbus who
accidentally discovered the Americas
while attempting to reach Asia via the
Atlantic
this began Spain’s colonization of the
Americas with countries like Portugal
England France and others not far behind
in 1510 Spain was finally successful in
creating the first permanent European
settlement in what is now Colombia the
Year 1513 saw Spain’s Vasco núñez de
Balboa become the first European to lead
an expedition to the Pacific Ocean when
he crossed present-day Panama groups of
warrior explorers called conquistadors
began colonizing the Caribbean islands
and areas of South America despite
resistance by the indigenous population
the conquistadors used rival native
tribes against each other in order to
gain an advantage Spain’s expansion did
not stop at the Americas after finding
the westward route to the Far East
the Columbus had been searching for
years earlier Spain established colonies
in Guam the Philippines and other nearby
islands at the height of the Spanish
Empire in the 17th century the kingdom
controlled much of the Americas
territories in Africa Asia and Oceania
and large portions of Europe in total
they controlled approximately 13% of the
world’s total land area continuing war
with various countries throughout Europe
meant trouble for Spain’s economy by the
end of the 17th century France had
emerged as Europe’s superpower marking
the beginning of the end for Spain’s
Empire in the 19th century the Spanish
American wars of Independence and the
spanish-american war saw Spain lose all
of its territories throughout the
Americas and Asia even after its fall as
a dominant world power Spain’s legacy
remains evident the Spanish dollar was
the world’s first Glo
currency because of the country’s role
in the foundations of global trade this
trade would see the introduction of
things like horses apples and even wheat
to the new world from Europe the Spanish
language and Roman Catholic faith were
also spread throughout the world both
still dominant in most of its former
colonies even centuries later
[Music]
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