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The Spanish War of Independence, LUKAS DIEZ LASA - Coggle Diagram
The Spanish War of Independence
Fight against France
Spanish population against French people
People of Madrid rose up against French occupation
Failed overthrow French
After that Spanish War of Independence began.
Course of war
Local councils were formed to fight
Elected by people
Committees were led by the Central Council
1808 Battle of Bailén
1808–1812: guerrilla warfare
1812–1813 military alliance with Great Britain
forced the French to withdraw from Spain.
1813, Napoleon signed the Treaty of Valençay
Fernando VII returnd to throne
The Cadiz Cortes
Central Council took refuge in Cádiz
1810 it was replaced by the Regency Council
The Cádiz Cortes
Individual vote
no longer based on the estates system
223 deputies
elected by the Spanish and American provinces
Different groups emerged the Cortes
the supporters of Enlightenment idea
the absolutists
In 1812 the first Spanish Constitution was approved
Victory of liberty and equality
Fundamental changes in Spanish politics
end of the political structures of the Ancien Régime.
Now that all citizens were equal before the law
The constitution became a model for future constitutions
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