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Background:
Although Spain received incredible amounts of gold, silver and expensive spices and produce like vanilla, sugar, cocoa, tobacco, etc, from the Americas, Charles V was always deeply indebted because of extremely expensive and bloody wars thet prevented population growth.
When Philip II inherited the empire and a debt of 36 million ducats, he continued the same absurd policy, wasting fortunes and millions of men fighting the Turks, French, protestants, revolting Dutch, British, etc,
Philip's empire was huge but very sparsely populated. Moreover, his imperial power was checked by several kings in Spain, etc,
The Philippines were colonized and Managed from Mexico and provided wealth by selling Mexican silver, etc, to the Chinese, etc, who paid dearly for them and buying inexpensive goods (china, etc,), spices, etc, to sell in the Americas.
When Philip became king of Portugal in 1581, he controlled huge territories and interests in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. However, he continued wasting his resources and people in wars. In 1588 he wasted a fortune in the Spanish armada's failed attemp to invade Britain. He did not give up and sent two more armadas in 1596 and 97, which also failed.
While Philip wasted his money and people away in Europe, 90% of the natives in the Americas were dying from disease, leaving a huge territory with enormous resources extremely sparsely populated.


Transfering the Empire to America
While living in Portugal in 1582 and having a huge fleet and army at his disposal, Philip decides to stop fighting and start negotiating with the Dutch to achieve peace and to help both economies, to move his court and as many people as possible to America and to sell his lands, titles, etc, in Europe.

Henry III of France (whose mother is a Medici) is very interested in buying the Italian territories from Philip and in helping the latter to move to America, for he knows that without Spain in the continent France will soon dominate Europe.

Philip contracts shipping companies throughout Europe and orders the largest ships ever built from all the shipyards around the world in order to be able to move hundreds of thousands of people to the Americas and to ship back lumber, etc, Settlers must pay a reasonable fee for transportation and for a piece of land and building materials for their house in the new world. The first people to arrive are allowed to build their homes and then put to work farming and building schools, factories, roads, irrigation systems and ever larger ships with the endless forests of the new world. He also buys large amounts of grain, livestock, steel nails, etc, and entices settlers from all of Europe and Asia to settle cities all along the coast of the Americas.
Once in America Philip sets up his court in Mexico City, from which he can control the expansion of his empire throughout the Americas, Africa and the Pacific. He establishes excellent trade with the European countries, the Turk and the leaders in Asia. His unrivaled fleet and rapidly growing population (thanks to years of peace) expanding along the coasts ensure the safety and prosperity of his empire and preculed any invasion or pirate raids and ensures the islands in the Caribean, Azores, South Atlantic, Pacific, etc, remain under his control. Once the islands and coast are moderately colonized, settlers are encouraged to move to the interior.
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