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The crisis of 1808 and the war of independence.

By Itskerx
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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

    Continental block to England by Napoleon
    Victorious Napoleon on the continent, he decided to remove the English thorn through the continental blockade decree.
    https://youtu.be/-tYO48BQCJI
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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.
    He was an intelligent, cultured man with a talent for moving in the political arena, despite his initial rejection of the Spanish crown, he pretended to govern with motivation and an enlightened accent.
  • Uprising of Madrid and Abdiction of Bayona

    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.
    https://youtu.be/nIpOqxozO18
  • The Constitution

    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.
    https://youtu.be/r6ThsfKWkQk
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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.
    https://youtu.be/a-x7rsHXxRM
  • Absolutist six-year term

    Absolutist six-year term
    King Fernando VII regained his absolute power in 1814. During his reign, Madrid was the scene of many liberal conspiracies.
    https://youtu.be/To3-suEjvI4
  • Independence of the Spanish American Colonies

    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.
    https://youtu.be/ZBw35Ze3bg8
  • Liberal Triennium

    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.
    https://youtu.be/JJD8Qb4hBqk
  • Ominous Decade

    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

    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.
    https://youtu.be/zoQpaCloddA
  • Repeal of the Salic law

    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

    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

    End of the independence of the colonies
    These liberal revolutions, as these outbreaks were called, put an end to absolutism, that is, the power that the kings had accumulated in them.
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    Reign of Isabell II

    The reign of Isabel II was characterized by an attempt to modernize Spain that was contained, however, by the internal tensions of the liberals, the pressure that the supporters of absolutism continued to exert.
  • Fernando VII dies

    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
    Carlos, thus began a civil war that pitted the Carlists against the Isabelinos.
  • Juan Álvarez de Mendizábal

    Juan Álvarez de Mendizábal
    The regent called Mendizábal, a progressive liberal, to form a government in September 1835.
  • Mendizábal and the ecclesiastical confiscation

    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

    Francisco Javier Istúriz Goberment
    1836 Mendizábal decided to resign and Francisco Javier Istúriz was the new.
  • Constitution of 1837

    Constitution of 1837
    The constant resignations and also the revolutions gave way to a new constitution.