UNIT 6. SPAIN IN THE MODERN AGE: 1) WHY DID THE SPANISH EMPIRE DECLINE? 2) TREATY OF UTRECHT VIDEO EXPLANATION: TREATY OF UTRECHT AFTER CARLOS II DEATH IN 17OO , THIS SITUATION BECAME A SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR ALL AROUND THE WORLD, BECAUSE IT STARTED ( AROUND THE WORLD, FROM CUBA TO CANADA, AND ALL AROUND EUROPEAN CONTINENT. A WAR THAT LAST YEARS AND YEARS BUT AFTER 10 YEARS OF WORLD WAR , PEOPLE IN EUROPE DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME TO SEE IF MAYBE TALK COULD STOP THE WARS. THE MOST IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (INCLUDED SPAIN) WERE LOOKING FOR A NEUTRAL AND LIBERAL COUNTRY CALLED HOLLAND IN WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE CITY OF UTRECHT. WITH THE GOAL TO CREATE A BALANCE OF POWER BY TALKING. THE NEGOCIATIONS LASTING FOR OVER 18 MONTHS AND THEY WERE VERY TOUGH BUT THEY MANAGE TO CREATE A PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE TO REACH AGREEMENTS. FINALLY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE DIFFENT COUNTRIES THAT WERE NEGOCIATING, CREATED A NEW MODEL TO SOLVE CONFILCTS IN THE FOLLOWING C