A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . uld have a clear idea of thelaws, ijovernment, institutions, and social conditions whichexisted in the Spanish colonies in the New World in thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Texas was a part of NewSpain, beino- a province or state of Mexico, under Spanish rule,until 1821, and the history of both countries is the same untilthat date. Hence, before entering- upon the details of Texashistory, the reader should thoroughly understand the form ofgovernment and the state of society which ])revailed in SpanishAmerica during that
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . uld have a clear idea of thelaws, ijovernment, institutions, and social conditions whichexisted in the Spanish colonies in the New World in thesixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Texas was a part of NewSpain, beino- a province or state of Mexico, under Spanish rule,until 1821, and the history of both countries is the same untilthat date. Hence, before entering- upon the details of Texashistory, the reader should thoroughly understand the form ofgovernment and the state of society which ])revailed in SpanishAmerica during that time. Such knowledge will explain thecourse of events, and throw light upon the entire character andcondition of the institutions and population of New S])ain, andwill also ser\c as a key to the solution of nearly all the social andpolitical difficulties with which we shall have to deal in latertimes. At the time of the discovery of the West Indies by Columbus, 25 Importance ofthe subject 26 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. I. Spanish Domination 152S TO182 I. Spanish Seal. Council of theIndies P\T(linan(l and Isabella were king and queen of Spain, and undertheir wise and liberal rule that kingdom became the foremostpower in Europe. Isabella died in 1504, and Ferdinand in daughter, Joanna, rightfully succeeded to the throne, butshe was incapable of reigning because of mental weakness, andher son, Charles, became king. He is known in history asCharles I., of Spain, and Charles V., Emperor of Ger-many. For several years after he came to the Spanishthrone, his minister. Cardinal Ximenes (he-ma-naz),governed affairs in Spain, as Charles was really a for-eigner and not popular among the Spaniards. TheEmperor resigned in 1556, and was succeeded by hisson, Philip II., the husband of Bloody Mary,queen of was a cruel, narrow-minded bigot and tyrant, in-\olved his country in continual wars, and under his manage-ment Spains glory and power rapidly declined. O
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