<P> The Expulsion of the Moriscos ( Spanish : Expulsión de los moriscos , Catalan : Expulsió dels moriscos ) was decreed by King Philip III of Spain on April 9 , 1609 . The Moriscos were descendants of Spain 's Muslim population that had converted to Christianity by coercion or by Royal Decree in the early 16th century . Fighting wars in the Americas , and feeling threatened by the Turks raiding along the Spanish coast , it seems the expulsions were a reaction to a perceived internal problem of the stretched Spanish Empire . Between 1609 through 1614 , the Crown systematically expelled Moriscos through a number of decrees affecting Spain 's various kingdoms , meeting varying levels of success . </P>
<P> The Expulsion of the Moriscos ( Spanish : Expulsión de los moriscos , Catalan : Expulsió dels moriscos ) was decreed by King Philip III of Spain on April 9 , 1609 . The Moriscos were descendants of Spain 's Muslim population that had converted to Christianity by coercion or by Royal Decree in the early 16th century . Fighting wars in the Americas , and feeling threatened by the Turks raiding along the Spanish coast , it seems the expulsions were a reaction to a perceived internal problem of the stretched Spanish Empire . Between 1609 through 1614 , the Crown systematically expelled Moriscos through a number of decrees affecting Spain 's various kingdoms , meeting varying levels of success . </P>
who did the spanish crown expel in 1609
who did the spanish crown expel in 1609
The Moriscos
The Moriscos