I paid $1.69 for my Snack Size McFlurry (a full ten cents cheaper than the $1.79 charged at my local McDonald's).
What were four reasons for the decline of Spain as a world power? Spain's power began to decline because of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, influx in gold/silver income, much fighting over wealth and losing the battles, and not many coloni â¦ es or vice-royalties to rely on for agricultural income.
It left the United States exercising control or influence over islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific. By the 1890s, Cuba and Puerto Rico were the only remnants of Spainâs once vast empire in the New World, and the Philippine Islands comprised the core of Spanish power in the Pacific.