SPAIN: THE BOURBON REFORMS AND THEIR LIMITS

THE WAR OF SUCCESSION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

ECONOMIC REFORMS: FARMING

ECONOMIC REFORMS: CRAFT

FOREIGN POLICY

ECONOMIC REFORMS: TRADE

POLITICAL REFORMS

Carlos II died without children

two pretenders

Carlos of Habsburg, Archduke of Austria

Prince Felipe of Bourbon, grandson of Louis XIV of France

Carlos II chose Felipe as his heir

Felipe became king as Felipe V between 1701 and 1702

in 1705 a civil war broke out bewteen

supporters of habsburgs

supporters of bourbons

the civil war ended with the Peace of Ultrech in 1713

Felipe renounced to his French territory

the civil war lasted until 1715

Nueva Planta decrees

he invoked the right of conquest

Spanish Bourbons imposed an absolute monarchy

Felipe V and his successors tried to

turn the royal court into the centre of political decisions

old habsburg model replaced by cabinets

territory

formed by ministers

abolished aragonite institutions were replaced by new ones

Navarra and the Basque provinces' fueros remained

viceroyalities of New Granada and Rio de la Plata created

regalist policies carried out in the Church

Spanish kings ally themselves with France

Family Compacts'

took part in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

when the war ended the Treaty of Paris

confirmed British hegemony

Spain had to cede Florida to Great Britain

Bourbon Monarchs in the 18th century

Felipe V (1724-1746)

Fernando VI (1746-1759)

Luis I (1724)

Carlos III ( 1759-1788)

Felipe V (1700-1724)

Carlos IV (1788-1808)

he won the War of Succession for the throne

he abdicated in 1724

in favor of his son Luis

he was in the Throne for 6 months

he died early

succeeded by his own father

he took again the throne because his son died

reigned until his death

had no children

was succeeded by his stepbrother Carlos III

crowned after abdicating as king of Sicily and Naples

main example of enlightened despotism

saw the transitional period between two eras

forced to abdicate in 1808

domestic trade

foreign trade

difficult

most comercial transactions were local

Bourbouns promoted public works

comunicación in Spain remained difficult

more important

with America (most important one)

libéralisation of the grain trade in 1766

buying and selling goods was regulated

the prices rose up and a revolt was caused

1766

Esqualiche Riots

created trade schools

new textile sector in Barcelona

new printed cotton fabrics in Barcelona

royal manufacturers were set up

fabrics made luxury and basic products

fabrics created many jobs but weren't profitable

Real Fabrica de Cristales de La Granja

Real Fabrica de Paños de Birhuega

Real Fabrica de Porcelanas del Buen Retiro

Real Fabrica de Sedas de Talavera de la Reina

Real Fabrica de Paños De San Fernando de Henares

Real Fabrica de Hilados y Tejidos de Algodón

Real Fabrica de Tapices de Santa Barbara

society

rural and dedicated to farm

agriculture continued to be rained cereals

largest landowners were privilege states, clergy and nobility

mayorazgos

manos muertas

lands owned by the Church

lands owned by the noble families

inherited by their oldest son

Clergymen and noblemen exploded small part of their land

the rest was given to peasants

old town councils owned land

couldn't be sold

were common lands

local people exploited for free

very important to the local economy

%70 of the land could not be sold

personal assets

rented to local people

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