Government

Question 1

When did Madrid become the capital of the empire?

Answer 1

1561

Question 2

When was the Millones tax passed?

It was a rebranded version of which tax under Charles V?

Answer 2

1591

The ‘sisa’ tax (1538)

Question 3

When did the ‘First Ministry’ end?

Answer 3

1579

Question 4

When did the Aragonese revolt take place? (Note; only in Zaragoza and only minor nobles)

Answer 4

1590 - 1591

Question 5

How did Philip crush the revolt?

Answer 5

He quickly dispatched 14,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry and 25 artillery pieces

Question 6

Who was forced to lead the 1588 armada?

Answer 6

The Duke of Medina Sidonia

Question 7

How long could messages take to travel across the empire?

Answer 7

Min. two weeks to Milan, four to Rome and six to the New World

Question 8

How many orders did Philip have to send for the expulsion of Jews from Milan?

Answer 8

The first in 1590, then again in 1595, twice in 1596 and finally in 1597

Question 9

Where did the Tridentine Decrees (1564) fail to reach?

Answer 9

Galicia and the Basque regions

Question 10

What tax did the Cortes succeed in reducing?

Answer 10

The encabezamiento was reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 million ducats

Question 11

How much did the length of Cortes meetings increase by under Philip?

Answer 11

5 Cortes meeting for 74 days up to 1572. 7 Cortes met for 265 days per year up to 1598

Question 12

When were servicios withheld from Philip?

Answer 12

1571 and 1573

Question 13

How did the Cortes succeed in opposing the Millones tax?

Answer 13

Over 100 terms were placed on the tax

Question 14

When was Escobedo murdered?

Answer 14

1578

Question 15

List the three revolts against Philip and their dates

Answer 15

Morisco revolt (1568 - 1570)
Aragonese revolt (1590 - 1591)
Dutch revolt (1566 - 1609)

Question 16

How had the nobles been tax exempt?

Answer 16

Since exemption had been granted to them at the 1480 Cortes of Toledo

Question 17

How much of Spain was in noble control by 1600?

Answer 17

2/3 of the 4600 towns of Spain

Question 18

What did Philip’s daily routine consist of?

Answer 18

Nine hours spent reading up to 400 papers each day

Personal monarchy

Question 19

How extensively were letrados used under Philip?

Answer 19

All 39 councillors of the Indies were professional men

None of Philip’s secretaries were men of noble birth

Question 20

How many corregidores were employed under Philip?

Answer 20

66

Question 21

Why did Seville refuse their Corregidores’ orders in 1590?

Answer 21

They had been demanded to supply troops for Philip’s army, but had already been stretched to the limit

Question 22

When did the ‘Second Ministry’ begin?

Answer 22

Post-1579

Question 23

What was the name of the Junta created for the armada in 1586?

Answer 23

the Junta Grande

Question 24

Name the most frequent members of the Junta da Noche

Answer 24

Vasquez, Moura, Idiaquez & Zuniga

Question 25

When did Philip tour the empire?

Answer 25

1548 to 1551

Question 26

When did Philip rule from Portugal, following its annexation?

Answer 26

1580 to 1583

Question 27

When did Philip hold the Aragonese Cortes? (Contrasting a general Aragonese Cortes under Charles every five years)

Answer 27

1563 and 1585

Question 28

When did Don Carlos die?

Answer 28

1568

Question 29

How many rebels were executed in the Low Countries between 1567 and 1573?

Answer 29

1,000

Question 30

When did El Escorial begin construction?

Answer 30

1563

Question 31

How many books and paintings were housed within El Escorial?

Answer 31

14,000 books and over 700 paintings