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THE 18TH CENTURY IN SPAIN: THE BOURBONS - Coggle Diagram
THE 18TH CENTURY IN SPAIN: THE BOURBONS
Dynastic change
Hapsburgs were replaced by the Bourbons.
The Bourbons government in Spain became more centralised.
Conflict
Carlos II was the last Spanish king of the Hapsburg line.
Died without heirs, creating a serious conflict over the succession.
Became the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714).
War of Spanish Succession
Carlos II had named Philip of Anjou as his successor to the Spanish throne.
Philip was supported by the Crown of Castilla.
Austria and Great Britain gave military support to Archduke Charles of Austria
He was supported by the Crown of Aragón
Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt
Austria gained lands from Spain
Philip of Anjou became Felipe V, King of Spain.
Bourbon foreign policy in the 18th century
Spanish monarchs tried to recover the lands they had lost
the Seven Years' War.
Spain invariably allied with France against Great Britain
these two powers were struggling for control of the seas.
Family Compacts
The bourbon reform
Central government
Ministries were created.
The various cortes were unified into a single body.
Castilla's laws were imposed on Aragón
Regional government
Spain was divided into provinces.
The intendant was introduced.
Local government
In Aragón the corregidor was introduced to the municipalities.
A new tax was introduced in Aragón.
