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07 SPAIN: END OF ABSOLUTISM
1 From Carlos IV of Bourbon to José I Bonaparte
Carlos IV's reign began in 1788
Before the French Revolution started
Spain sent troops to help him fight the NATIONAL CONVENTION
Little success
Napoleon came to power (1799)
Spains new minister (Godoy)
Alliances with France
following the Family Compacts
Continental Blockade on Great Britain
British defeated both fleets
Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Fernando, enemy of Godoy
Not agree with this policy
Revolt of Aranjuez (1808)
Against his father
Napoleons ideas:
Not only cross Spain
Summoned the Spainish royal family to
Bayonnes, France, emperor pressuried King
2 The peninsular war
Juntas de defensa
Different kingdoms and provinces
Organise Peninsular War against France
Junta Central over government
French army over powerful/invencible
Confrontations followed
France dominance of territory
Guerrillas, surprised attacks in France
Impeded its movements
Military tactic
key role
3 From the constituion to the return to absolutism
1812
Middle of war
Juntas central met in Sevilla
hold elections
bring people's representatives
Cortes Generales + constitution
Cadiz NO
19 March of 1812
Elected deputies
Approved the Constituion (1st)
-Sovereignty was in the hands of nation
-Separation of powers
Universal manhood suffrage
Cortes de CADIZ
Approved a series of laws
Two traditional elements:
Monarchy
Catholic religion as official
Liberals principles behind Old Regime
Fernando returned to spain in 1814
War over, father DEAD
Warm welcome
Symbol of the nation's restored freedom
Supportive of absolutism
