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reign of Charles IV
He acceded to the throne shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolution, his lack of interest in governing made him delegate the government in the hands of his valid, Manuel Godoy. The French Revolution marked his reign, but his reign was the culmination of the particular Spanish Enlightenment or the Bourbon State of the early 19th century, anticipating many of the characteristics of the liberal State in matters such as development or education. -
Continental block to England by Napoleon
Victorious Napoleon on the continent, he decided to remove the English thorn through the continental blockade decree.
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War of Independence and the reign of Jose Bonaparte
It was a warlike conflict developed within the context of the Napoleonic wars, which allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the French Empire, whose motivation was to install Napoleon's brother, José Bonaparte, on the Spanish throne after the abdication from Bayonne.
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Uprising of Madrid and Abdiction of Bayona
Between 1808 and 1874, political transformations took place that affected Madrid. The city went from being a court of the absolute monarchy, to a new liberal state. The abdications of Bayonne (France), made Carlos IV and his son Fernando VII abdicate the Spanish throne to Napoleon Bonaparte, then granting it to his brother José Bonaparte (José I). While the Occupation of France, detonating the Spanish War of Independence.
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The Constitution
It was promulgated by the Spanish General Courts meeting extraordinarily in Cádiz. It has been given great historical importance as it is the first Constitution promulgated in Spain, as well as being one of the most liberal of its time. It was promulgated by the Spanish General Courts meeting extraordinarily in Cádiz. It has been given great historical importance as it is the first Constitution promulgated in Spain, the most liberal of its time.
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Reign of Ferdinando VII
The mandate of Fernando VII as king of Spain was of about twenty years of reign, almost most of them of absolutist overtones, at a time in which in half Europe Liberalism was demanded. Spain was not alien to this wave, and the absolutist claims of the monarch were altered by numerous military pronouncements in favor of Liberalism. Some of them would even succeed.
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Absolutist six-year term
King Fernando VII regained his absolute power in 1814. During his reign, Madrid was the scene of many liberal conspiracies.
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Independence of the Spanish American Colonies
La independencia de las colonias británicas de América del Norte en 1776 y las abdicaciones de los reyes Borbones debido a la invasión francesa de España, constituyen dos hechos que incentivaron el independentismo en la debilitada Monarquía española.
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Liberal Triennium
In the Liberal Triennium, there were several confrontations between liberals and absolutists, in the Plaza Mayor between the Royal Guard and the National Militia. When absolutism was reestablished, Riego was hanged in the Plaza de la Cebada, in the heart of the capital.
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Ominous Decade
La Década Ominosa fue un periodo de la historia de España en el que se restauró el absolutismo, con Fernando VII, y se persiguió ferozmente a todos los liberales. En 1823, tras el Trienio Liberal, el cual se rigió por la Constitución de Cádiz, Fernando VII fue liberado por los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis. Y por ende promulgaría un decreto que anularía todo lo legislado durante dicho Trienio. Sus intenciones eran bastante claras, España debía volver al absolutismo. https://youtu.be/sTStPhsTD7E -
The Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
They were a French contingent with Spanish volunteers who fought in Spain in defense of the Old Regime, advocated by Fernando VII of Spain, ending the Realist War and the Liberal Triennium.
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Repeal of the Salic law
A century later Fernando VII of Spain had a problem: he had no sons, only two daughters, Isabel (later known as Isabel II of Spain) and Luisa Fernanda de Borbón. The father of Fernando VII, Carlos IV of Spain, had tried to eliminate the Salic law, and Fernando decided to carry it out by promulgating the Pragmatic Sanction, so that his eldest daughter could inherit the throne and be proclaimed queen after his death, following tradition Spanish. -
Start carlist war
The Carlist Wars were a series of civil strife that took place in Spain throughout the 19th century. They were due, on the one hand, to a dispute for the throne, and, on the other, to a confrontation between opposing political principles -
End of the independence of the colonies
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Reign of Isabell II
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Fernando VII dies
The regency of María Cristina began. Days later, in different parts of the country, there were armed uprisings in favor of Don
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Juan Álvarez de Mendizábal
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Mendizábal and the ecclesiastical confiscation
Mendizábal's cabinet found itself with a Treasury practically without funds, and before a (Carlist) war from which it was necessary to turn it around. To obtain funds, the confiscation of ecclesiastical assets of the clergy was approved -
Francisco Javier Istúriz Goberment
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Constitution of 1837
The constant resignations and also the revolutions gave way to a new constitution.