1) fighting in its defence
2) ensuring its spiritual regeneration
Philip II himself ordered the Spanish bishops at the Council of Trent to insist on no accommodation ofProtestants. However, the reforms at Trent were less relevant to Spain than elsewhere as Cardinal Ximenes, Charles V and Philip II had ensured that Spain remained thoroughly Catholic. Philip II also insisted that Spain’s representatives were present at the provincial councils of the church but there was no real urgency in Spain for reform as it obviously was not needed.
At about 2000 b.c. the Greeks established city state and each city state had its own government and most Greeks built there farm lands on the fertile land on the edge of the rocky coast
The definition of monarchy is a form of government with a monarch at the head. So this usually means someone of royal decent is ruling it.
The U.S. expanded due to them winning the war