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SPAIN: THE END OF ABSOLUTISM - Coggle Diagram
SPAIN: THE END OF ABSOLUTISM
FROM CARLOS IV OF BOURBON TO JOSÉ I BONAPARTE
Carlos IV’s reign (1788)
Louis XVI of France, Carlos IV’s cousin, was imprisoned and put on trial
sent troops to help him fight the National Conventionlittle succses
Napoleon came to power (1799)
Godoy, returned to the policy of alliances with France
follow the tradition of the Family Compacts of the 18th century
Spanish fleet therefore joined forces with the French fleet
implement the Continental Blockade on Great Britain
British defeated both fleets at the naval Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Godoy and Napoleon signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau
Revolt of Aranjuez (1808)
fernado led an uprising
enemy of Godoy’s
against his own father
FROM THE CONSTITUTION TO THE RETURN TO ABSOLUTISM
Junta Central met in Sevilla (1812)
decided to hold elections to bring together the people’s representatives at the first Parliament
Cortes Generales
write a constitution
not under French control
cadiz
deputies met in Cádiz and approved the Constitution
Two traditional elements in the constitution of 1812
monarchy
Catholic religion as the official and only permitted religion
THE PENINSULAR WAR
uprising soon spread from Madrid to the rest of the country
Juntas de defensa were formed in different kingdoms and provinces
organise the Peninsular War against France
French army was very powerful
Junta Central was therefore forced to ally with its traditional enemy
Great Britain, which sent troops to the Peninsula
Confrontations followed
result in the precarious French dominance of the territory
Zaragoza
Girona
Vitoria-Gazteiz
Spanish army’s defeats led to the people forming guerrillas
groups that made surprise attacks on the French army
impeding its movements
military tactic played a key role in the victory