spanish empire

The spanish colony of florida basically existed to prevent french protestants from settling, and didn't see much settlement- similar to most of the empire. Your goal is to have it so Spanish Florida expands into, at minimum, South Carolina. Now, otl spain heavily restricted colonial sugar...

Juan Santos Atahualpa was a messianic leader who, claiming to be the reincarnation of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, led a rebellion against Spanish authorities that lasted ten years, from 1742 to 1752. Although the rebellion was never truly defeated and only ended because of his death, after...

Otl, spain never really bothered with east Asian colonies outside their weigh-station and plantations of the Philippines. However, the Philippines are incredibly close to Indonesia, and are oft considered part of the same Malay archipelago. This, on top of the sustained british, Dutch, and...

What if the Aztecs had managed to score a total victory at La Noche Triste and effectively neutralize the threat posed by the Spanish and Tlaxcala force? I'm talking about depleting the force's numbers even further to the point where feasibly fighting would be much more difficult and killing or...

At the beginning of the 19th century, Spain was occupied by the French Army of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. While in the Spanish Royal Court, King Carlos IV was confronted with his son Fernardo due to differences with respect to the French. But the tension exploded in the Uprising of the city...

The treaty of tordesilles allowed for any land discovered by going west to fall under Spanish dominion; this being how they claimed the Philippines. Despite this, the archipelago was the only region in asia Toledo claimed. Your challenge is to give spain lasting control over the island of borneo...

Philip and Carlos did not like one another, but suppose that despite that whole ordeal, Philip's health begins to deteriorate for unknown reasons, then completely fails him when Elisabeth dies during miscarriage. This leaves Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela as his surviving children...

So the title states clearly the challenge, but it is lets say a multitiered challenge, it can be made under any kind of circumstances and events possible, it could be an imperial capital city of a united iberian nation, a city state, having OTL borders, some spanish autonomy becoming independent...

For Want of a Fiery Coal February 15, 1898 Havana Harbor, Spanish Cuba It was late evening. The ship was sailing into the harbor as a show of force while the island was in the midst of a war fought for 3 years by now. Below the deck, a group of sailors was playing cards to pass the time...

Spain's empire focused heavily on the new world, at the expense of their potential in Asia and Africa. while they still conquered the Philippines, their territory in Africa was truly pathetic. the northern third of morocco; western Sahara, and Equitorial Guinea made up the sum of the Spanish...

What territories could Spain keep to this day if it didn't get in a war with the US in 1898?

Like it says on the tin. Does anyone know when Potosí's famous silver mine began to decline? Was it in the early or mid 18th century?

Despite kickstarting the age of exploration with their Aztec gold and controlling the 4th largest empire in history at its height (then the largest by a huge margin), Spain didn't have much of an Asian empire. The Philippines were good for what they were, plantations and a stop on the way to...

The Tondo Conspiracy was a revolt planned by Tagalog maharlikas, led by Don Agustin de Legazpi of Tondo and his cousin Martin Pangan, to overthrow the Spanish in the Philippine. It ranged from provinces near Manila all the way to the Calmaianes Islands. It sought out help from a Japanese...

I recently started wondering if Spain could have gone down a revanchist/more imperialist/proto-fascist path after the defeat they suffered in the Spanish-American War. The ingredients are all there; a humiliating defeat to a new power and the loss of much of the Empire, especially the treasured...

In the 1640s, while it was busy fighting in the Thirty Years' war, Spain faced three revolts in Portugal (1640-1666), Catalonia (1640-1659) and Naples (1647-48). The former was successful, but the latter two were crushed. WI Catalonia was annexed by France and Naples won its independence...

How can Spain keep its Empire intact in the 19th Century and restore its status as a premier European power? Spain despite holding a vast colonial empire with lots of untapped resources was treated as a secondary power by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Spain had lost a great deal of prestige...

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The loudspeaker broadcast the final boarding call for the ferry. I had been smoking a cigarette and staring out across the harbour, looking at nothing in particular but taking in the sunshine on a nearly cloudless day. The announcement broke my focus, so I grabbed my backpack off the dock, mate...

Hi everyone, long time lurker, new poster here! I want to preface this by stating that slavery and the slave trade are undeniably horrific acts. That said, both had an undeniable impact on history, particularly in the Atlantic world and I think examining the effects of a similar trade in the...