1. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Spanish Power Grows

2. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Describe the empire that Charles V inherited. Analyze how Spanish power increased under Philip II. Explain how the arts flourished during Spain’s golden age. Objectives

3. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. divine right – the belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God armada – a fleet of ships El Greco – a famous painter during Spain’s golden age Miguel de Cervantes – the most important writer of Spain’s golden age, author of Don Quixote Terms and People (continued)

4. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Philip II expanded Spanish influence and power during his 42-year reign. One of his main goals was to advance Spanish Catholic power in Europe. He fought many wars to this end. How did Philip II extend Spain’s power and help establish a golden age?

5. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. He devoted most of his time to governing and made every part of the government responsible to him Philip asserted that he ruled by divine right. He believed his right to rule came from God. Philip reigned as an absolute monarch, with complete authority over Spain.

6. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. Philip fought wars in the Mediterranean and the Netherlands. His goal was to keep the Ottomans at bay. In 1571, Spain defeated an Ottoman fleet off the coast of Greece. Protestants there opposed Philip’s efforts to crush their faith. Philip also battled rebels in the Netherlands for many years.

7. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. What was left of the mighty Spanish armada retreated back to Spain. In 1588, he sent a huge armada to invade England. The mission failed, however, because Spanish ships were outmaneuvered by faster English ships. Philip began to see Queen Elizabeth I of England as his main Protestant enemy.

8. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. The defeat of the Spanish armada marked the beginning of the end of Spain’s glory. Philip’s successors did not rule as well as he did. Spain also suffered from economic problems, such as costly foreign wars and high taxes. A reliance on treasure from the Americas led Spain to neglect farming and commerce. The expulsion of Muslims and Jews deprived Spain of many skilled artisans and merchants. In the 1600s and 1700s, other European fleets arose and surpassed Spain’s power.

9. TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas. This golden age, fostered by Philip’s patronage of the arts, lasted from 1550 to 1650. El Greco painted beautiful works of religious imagery and vivid portraits of Spanish noble. Miguel de Cervantes completed Don Quixote, considered Europe’s first modern novel. It told the comic adventures of a landowner who imagines himself to be a medieval knight. Prior to the sunset of Spain’s power, however, a golden age of culture occurred.