So what was going on in the world right about the Reconquista in Spain. The Reconquista took place in 1492 (Weston, 43). That means during that time Spain was competing with Great Britain, France, and Denmark for colonization and the exploration in the Americas. Although Spain did conquer South America thanks to Columbus, Francisco and Cortez. Also, setting up colonies for Spain, they had to come to a halt due to the problems they were having in Spain. A internal problem that stemmed some time during the …show more content…
While also trying to send people down to Africa not a whole lot of people wanted to go (Burns, 21). However for the most part caused the Muslims to come together and rebel against Spain (Burns, 21). Also, Spain had to face a tremendous amount with Muslim manpower (Burns, 22). By this time the Crown was in need for revenues, to the point of having the church had to start looking for more funds for this war (Burns, 22). Thus leading the quest to reconquer the holy land a complete failure and as the Reconquista of Spain comes around Spaniards will have to come up with something in order to keep