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SPAIN: THE BOURBON REFORMS AND THEIR LIMITS
THE WAR OF SUCCESSION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Carlos II of Hasburg
Pretenders to the throne
Carlos of Hasburg
Felipe of Bourbon
Felipe V
1701-1702 ----> king of the monarchy's different kingdoms
European powers ----> The power held by an alliance of Frenc / Spanish monarchies
Renounced his claim to the rench throne and all commercial and territorial concesions
Hauge Alliance declared war
Felipe V
France
Caused an internal war
War of succesion
Hispanic Monarchy civil war (1705)
Hausburg
Bourbon
Peace of Utrecht (1713)
European war ended
Hispanic Monarchy
lost European territories
Were recognised king of Spain and Indies
POLITICAL REFORMS
Spanish Bourbons imposed a model of absolute monarchy
Actions were limted
needed the support of the elites
Felipe V
tried to turn the royal court into the single centre of political decisions
Old Hasburg model of goverment
Councils
Validos
Replaced by cabinets
Regalist policies were carring out
in the Church
FOREING POLICY
Bourbon Monarchs in the 18 th Century
CARLOS IV
CARLOS III
FERNANDO VI
LUIS I
FELIPE V
Treaty of Paris
Spanish kings to ally themselves with France
British claims on the American dominios of the Hispanic Monarchy
Family Compacts
Seven Years war
Dinastic afinity
Atlantic expansion of Great Britain
French Bourbons
ECONOMIC REFORMS
Trade
Domestic trade was dificoult
Foreing trade was important
Carlos V
liberalisation of the grain trade
Buying and selling these goods was usually regulated as this was essential to avoid famine
Craft
Enlightenment goverments favoured the popular or domestic craft industry
especially
textile industry
Created trade schools
Printed cotton fabrics
Hispanic Monarchy set up Royal manufactures
Fatories that make either luxury or basic products
Created many jobs
