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Ancien Régime crisis starts
The Ancient Régime was the political, economic, legal and social system that prevailed in Europe between XVII-XVIII. It would be characterized by having an eminently agrarian economy.
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Reign of Charles IV
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Spain in a structural crisis
There were problems in the political(conservative government), economic(the population lived in misery) and social (the church controlled everything and there was a lot of illiteracy) sphere.
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French revolution
The French Revolution was a political, social and ideological movement that developed in France. Its protagonists were opponents and supporters of the Old Regime. It put an end to absolutism, feudalism, serfdom, and the privileges of the clergy and nobility. Their mottos were "liberty, equality and fraternity."
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The defeat of Trafalgar
Iniciated by the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, Naples and Sweden to try to overthrow Napoleon Bonaparte from the imperial throne and dissolve the existing French military influence in Europe. The defeat of Spain meant the breakdown of trade with America. -
Treaty of Fontainbleau
Napoleon proposed a deal to Godoy that would finally end with the ruin of Spain. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Fontainebleau -
Riot of Aranjuez
Was an uprising led against King Charles IV that took place in the town of Aranjuez. As a result of this mutiny, the resignation of the throne of Carlos IV and the fall of Manuel Godoy and the arrival to the throne of Fernando VII took place. -
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Peninsular war
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Abdications of Bayona
Carlos IV and his son Fernando VII were forced to abdicate their rights to the Spanish throne in favor of Napoleon Bonaparte, who later transferred them to his brother José Bonaparte under the name of José I.
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The courts of Cádiz are summoned
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Constitution of 1812
It was promulgated by the Spanish General Courts meeting extraordinarily in Cádiz. It has been given great historical importance because it was the first Constitution promulgated in Spain, as well as being one of the most liberal of its time.
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Fernando VII abolished the constitution of 1812
When Fernando VII returns from France in 1814 abolished the Constitution of 1812, he was an absolutist king and he couldn’t allow the liberalism. -
The end of the war
Spain was in the misery after the war. Fernando VII launched a cruel repression against the French and liberals. -
Wedding
Fernando VII in his 48 years that he lived contracted four diferent marriages. His fourth and last marriage was in 1819, Fernando VII get married with his cousin Maria Christina of Bourbon in Aranjuez. -
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Reign of Maria Christina
When Fernando died, his daughter Isabella II was declared a legitimate heir, but since she was a minor, her mother had to reign until she came of age. -
Death of Fernando VII
In 1839, the Pragmatic Sanction was promulgated, which had been approved in 1789, by King Carlos IV, but had never been made public. The Pragmatic establishes that if the King doesn’t have a male heir, the eldest daughter would inherit. This meant the exclusion as successor of Carlos María Isidro as future king of Spain. Isabel was born shortly after, consequently she would be the Queen of Spain
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Royal Statute
Approved by Royal Decree, the Statute becomes a letter granted where the Crown, based on absolute power, delegates functions to other organs of the State.
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First military uprising
The mutiny of the sergeants of La Granja was an uprising in which a group of sergeants from the garrison and the royal guard of the palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso forced María Christina of Bourbon to put the Constitution of 1812 back into force and to appoint a progressive liberal government. -
Constitution of 1837
Its principal legacy was to restore the most progressive features of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and to entrench the concepts of constitutionalism, parliamentarism, and separation of powers in Spain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1837
