The Hapsburg Empire was an unofficial name among historians for the countries and provinces that were ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Hapsburg. The reign was from 1526 to 1867. Occasionally called Austrian Monarchy or Danubian Monarchy.
Charles V was the heir of three of Europe's leading dynasties: the House of Hapsburg, Valois-Burgundy, and Trastama. From the House of Hapsburg, he inherited Austria and other lands in central Europe and succeeded in the title of Holy Roman Emperor. From the House of Valois-Burgundy, he inherited Burgundian Netherlands and the Franche-Comte. From the Spanish House of Trastama, he inherited the crowns of Castile and Aragon and became the first King of Spain.
His vast empire caused him to be involve in wars where other nations wanted to reduce his domain and lessen his influence. After 34 years of ruling his empire, Charles V, abdicated from his throne at the age of 56 and transferred his Spanish Empire including Netherlands and Italy to his son, Philip II. Charles V died at the age of 58.
Philip II of Spain was the only surviving son of Charles V and the successor of the Spanish Crown. He was born on 21st May 1527 and died on 13th September 1598. He was also a successor of to the throne of Portugal through his maternal grandfather, Manuel I of Portugal, and claimed throne in 1580 after the death of his uncle. Under the his reign as King of Spain and King of Portugal, the Iberian Union was established.
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The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. The British sent troops to America to enforce the unpopular new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the run-up to the American Revolutionary War.
The British Crown emerged victorious from the French and Indian War in 1763, but defending the North American colonies from French expansion had proved tremendously costly to England.
Compared to Great Britain’s debts, the cost of the French and Indian War to the colonists had been slight. The colonists—who arguably enjoyed a higher standard of living at the time than their British counterparts—paid less than one-twentieth the taxes of British citizens living in England.
The British government thought the colonists should help pay the cost of their protection. The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. Early attempts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765—which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they used—were met with widespread protests in America.
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