1) WHY DID THE SPANISH EMPIRE DECLINE? 2) TREATY OF UTRECHT. UNIT 6. SPAIN IN THE MODERN AGE. SOCIAL SCIENCE

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 CENTURIES.

THIS IS THE MAIN REASON IS VERY IMPORTANT THE TREATY OF UTRECHT, BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY STARTED TO NEGOCIATE A LASTING PEACE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.