The Spanish Empire were in decaid in the last two centuries, his army were very delayed, and his navy are very, very, very delayed( in the ends of the XVIII Spain even produce Galleons, and in the XIX century the reforns of the navy the allowed use frigates, but this frigates were phatehtic in comparision with the Britain army, or another modern army, but Spain had very competent admirals and captains ( but in the the Batle of Trafalgar the majority of this captains die).Spain depends of his navy to control the colonies, they were the much rich terrain of Spain, there were a lot of "Virreinatos" they were: New Spain in the actual Mexico,Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and the USA estates of Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Nevada; New Granada in the actual Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua and Ecuador; Virreinato of Peru in the actual Peru and Bolivia and the last Virreinato del Rio de la plata with Argentina, Chile, Paraguai and Uruguay.
The islands of the Caribean Sea were property direcly of the king, the most rich was Cuba, it produces a lot of sugar.
The most rich "Virreinato" was "Virreinato del Perú", with the mines of Potosí but in this time Potosí were exhausted, but in Pere were a lot of mines of gold; i in "Nueva España", in the ends of the XVIII century one man discovers gold and there a lot of mines og gold, "Nueva Granada" producea lot of coofe, suga
r, tabaco, and ships.In the XVIII century he comers between the colonies and the peninsula growed, but it arent sufficient, with the victory of England in Trafalgar, the colonies werent controlled , and the commers descended a lot, later the napoleonic Wars the colonies revolted and Spain lose all the Virreinatos( but it didn't lose the Caribean Islands), the captains of this revoltt were : Sucre, Bolivar and San Martin. Spain dident lose her colonies in the Pacific, it conservs: the Palau islands, the Marianas and the most important the Phillipines Islands.
In 1807 the frenh army with the motives of atack Portugal the French army ocupedd Spain only CAdiz resist the asaults, the portugesse and Brittain army attacs the French army in the Iberian peninsula, another places like Gerona and Zaragoza resist the asault of the French army, in theasault of Zaragoza makes a heroe: Agustina de Aragón , but the french army destroy Zaragoza( he kill0s 48.000 zaragozans).
The first victory of Spain in Spanish territory was the Batle of Bailen , the Spanish army destroy the french army in a big batle, there was the first defeat of the french army in Europe.
Napoleon invade Spain in 1809 with the grande arme hje ocuped all the peninsula , with the excepcion of Cadiz.
When Napoleon goes to Rusia the Engalnd army attacs the frech army in Spain, the General was the Duke os Wellinton, he wins the war in Sapin and he frenchs have go aout of the iberian peninsula.
The portuguesse help the britis army, and its help was important to woin th war.
While the French army were defeated in Spain, Napoleon with the Grande aremme were wining the war in Europe, but he recognize Fernando VII as king of Spain, and his army retired of Spain. in the age of the french domination Jose the first, this king was a drunk, the spanish people called him " El As Copas", he was a very googd king but the spanish people not love he, they loves Fernando VII.
Fernando VII was an inutil king, he lose the colonies of sud america, and hsi die produces the "Guerras Carlistas", he destroy the constitution of Cadiz, the liberal forces he to swear the Constitution of Cadiz, he use the french army: "One hundred thousand children of San Luis" to restore the ababsolutism in Sapin, and he hasn't any son; he had one daugther: Isabel II, but in Spain was the " Law Salica" and the girl can be queen of Spain, and his brother Charles Mary Isidor faught vs. his nephew; ISabel winss the war but the desceants of they fousht in 3 Guerras Carlistas, and the descendeants of Isabel won every war.
