2ºESO: WHY DID SPAIN LOSE ITS SUPREMACY?

• What happened in Spain in the 17th century related to the economic and social situation?
• SPAIN HAD SERIOUS INTERNAL PROBLEMS AND MANY CONFLICTS WITH OTHER POWERS. IN A FEW DECADES, SPAIN LOST ITS SUPREMACY IN EUROPE AND SUFFERED A SERIOUS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISIS.
• Who succeeded Philip II in 1598?
• HIS SON, PHILIP III.
• Who was the Duke of Lerma?
• HE WAS PHILIP III´S FAVOURITE. HE RUN THE GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF THE KING.
• Explain Philip III´s pacifist foreign policy.
• HE SIGNED A PEACY TREATY WITH ENGLAND IN 1604
• HE SIGNED THE TWELVE YEARS´ TRUCE WITH THE UNITED PROVINCES IN 1609
• Why did Philip III declared bankruptcy in 1607?
• BECAUSE A LOT OF MONEY WAS SPENT ON MAINTAINING THE COURT, AND ON PENSIONS FOR NOBLES.
• What was the most important event in Philip III´s domestic policy? Explain it.
• IT WAS THE EXPUSION OF THE MORISCOS IN 1609. IT WAS A TRAGEDY BECAUSE ALMOS 300.000 PEOPLE HAD TO ABANDON THEIR HOUSES, AND DEPOPULATION RUINED MANY REGIONS.