Transition in power

Saturday, Mar 21, 2009

Fellow Historians--

I have always been told that the fall from world power for Spain was in 1588 because of the Spanish Armada. Perhaps there are other opinions and perhaps it depends on which part of the world you got your history lessons from? Comments?

Sincerely,
Patricia Burton
San Diego, Ca.

--- On Sat, 3/21/09, Daniel M�ndez del Camino wrote:

> From: Daniel M�ndez del Camino
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] José Joseph
> To: "Patty Hoyos"
> Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 10:57 AM
> The Bourb~n reforms were an important time in Spanish
> History, they brought the french political ideas to Spain,
> how to run the govt, many laws passed, which eventually led
> to the downfall of the Spanish empire, the ideas of
> Montesquie, Locke, and many enlightenment thinkers reached
> New Spain, and ignited the revoultion against Spain. There
> are many books dedicated just to this period of time it
> started in the 1770's-ca. 1805 not sure extact on dates
> right now. -Daniel
>
>
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