SPAIN: THE END OF ABSOLUTISM
From Carlos IV of Bourbon to Jose I Bonaparte
Carlos IV reign began 1788
French revolution one year before
Napoelon came to power
Godoy returned to the policy of alliance with France
French fleet to implement the
continental blockade on Great Britain
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Godoy and Napoleon signed
Revolt of Aranjuez
against his father
demanding the abdicated
Napoleon meanwhile
not only cross Spain to rich Portugal
summoned the Spanish royal family to Bayonne
The peninsular war
Junatas de defensa
organise the Peninsular War against France
Junta Central
forced to ally with its traditionally enemy
Great Britain
Sieges
most dramatics events of
Girona
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Zaragoza
guerrillas
armed groups that made surprise attacks
From the constitution to the return to absolutism
Junta Central
met Sevilla
decided
hold elections to bring together the people´s representatives
19 March 1812
approved
Constitution
monarchy
Catholic religion
Constitution of 1812
Separation of powers
universal manhood suffrage
Soverignity was in the hands of the nations
Fernando VII
returned to Spain
1814
