Ancient history

• Independence of Latin America

  The independence of Latin America It was due to internal and external causes. There was a series of armed conflicts in each town in Latin America, which had a single objective, the independence of each town . Causes of the independence movement in the Spanish colonies When in Europe the fire of the

• Chinese opening

  The Opening of China Foreign trade was given through many battles. Until the 19th century, both China and Japan had remained isolated from the Western World. Enemies of all contact with foreign peoples, they were jealous conservatives of their culture , its traditions and its customs; and what is mo

• japan opening

  At the beginning of the opening of Japan, it had a monarchical and feudal structure, it was like China, a country opposed to maintaining relations with foreign peoples. The emperor or Mikado was, in truth, a spiritual sovereign, since he was subject to the Shogun, true political and military chief,

• British Empire

  Of the Colonial Empires that were formed in the Modern Age (19th century), it was precisely the British Empire which achieved a formidable expansion in Contemporary Times. England conquered, due to this, the category of prominent nation, the most powerful on the planet. At this same time, other colo

• Realism

  Realism It is an artistic movement contrary to romanticism in painting and literature, which began in France in the 19th century. Painting in Realism The 19th century constitutes a fruitful stage in the development of all the Arts, especially in the pictorial ones. whose basic concept is: Reproduce

• Discovery of America

  The discovery of America took place thanks to the events that promoted support for navigation projects . Like the conquest of the kingdom of Granada in 1492 with the surrender of King Boab-dil in the city of Santa Fe . In this way, the way was left open for Castile to adopt an aggressive policy that

• Revolution of 1830

  The Revolution of 1830 arose in France, mainly, as a reaction against the anti-liberal measures adopted by King Charles X , successor of Luis XVIII, sovereign this one who had been restored after Waterloo, that is to say, after the Napoleonic collapse. This revolution begins with the so-called July

• Revolution of 1848

  The revolutions that broke out in Europe in the first half of the 19th century as the so-called revolution of 1848, were political, social and nationalist movements: 1. Politician , destined to reform the State constitution in a democratic sense, for the greater participation of the people in the go

• Illustration

  Enlightenment is called, the movement of intellectual, cultural, ideological and political renewal that arose in Europe, as a result of the progress and diffusion of New Ideas and new scientific knowledge; the same ones that illuminated the minds of men, while contributing to modify their spirit. Th

• Belle Epoque

  Belle Époque It was used to call the time in the history of Europe between the last two decades of the 19th century and the outbreak of the Great War of 1914. Between April and November 1900. Paris hosted a spectacular Universal Exhibition , was visited by nearly forty million people. Above all, it

• Italian Unification

  The Italian Unification , it occurred since since the disappearance of the Roman Empire at the end of the Ancient Age and the beginning of the Middle Ages, they had not managed to unify forming a single State, but they were fractioned integrating some kingdoms and other autonomous states. By the Vie

• End of the Spanish Empire in America

  The beginning of the end of the Spanish Spanish Empire in America began after 1825, Spain saw its American possessions reduced to Cuba and Puerto Rico. And although the metropolis made an effort to maintain colonial ties, one would have to ask to what extent it benefited from its colonies. The great

• Uprisings and changes in America

  The enormous economic and commercial development that the American colonies had experienced during the 17th and 18th centuries was due to the system of massive plantations of products consumed by the European market, and to the slave trade. However, discrepancies began to arise between the Creole pr

• Ranching in Colonial America

  Livestock was a weapon of border penetration and consolidation of colonial society. Their role was reinforced because, with the exception of the Andes, the indigenous world had not known cattle ranching. Most domestic animals (cattle, sheep, horses, goats and pigs) were brought from Europe and repro

• Socioeconomic Structure of Colonial America

  The colonial socioeconomic structure was organized according to the interests of the Peninsula (Spain). The economic structure of Spain was based on capitalist mercantilism, that is, on the accumulation of precious metals, the basic economic activity of the colonial socioeconomic system was mining,

• End of the Spanish Empire in America

  The beginning of the end of the Spanish Spanish Empire in America began after 1825, Spain saw its American possessions reduced to Cuba and Puerto Rico. And although the metropolis made an effort to maintain colonial ties, one would have to ask to what extent it benefited from its colonies. The great

• Evangelization and religious education in Colonial America

  The evangelization and colonial education of the indigenous had its nuances because from the beginning of the conquest a double problem linked to the nature of the indigenous was raised. On the one hand they were subjects of the Crown of Castile , in which case they couldnt be enslaved, or if they w

• The Inquisition in America

  The activity of the Holy Office it was inferior to its metropolitan model, in part because of the prohibition against Moors, Jews or heretics going to the Indies, and also because of the late creation of its courts, something reinforced by its lesser presence in the two viceroyalties. In 1568 it was

• Political structure of Colonial America

  During the 16th century, the Crown controlled America through advances and governors, subject to control and discipline, and through the visitors of the Council of the Indies. The advance guard was, in general, a captain who commanded by order of the king although, given the distance, he had discre

• Export of precious metals in Colonial America

  Increasing amounts of precious metals quickly began to be shipped to Spain, first from the alluvial deposits of the Caribbean and later from the looting of the treasures of indigenous empires. Precious metals reached an overwhelming percentage within the total of products arriving at the peninsular