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The bourgeois revolutions and the Spanish War of Independence
Consequences
Economic changes
pay tax
contribute in state's expenses
All citizens
free trade and respect for private property
law guaranteed
benefited the bourgeoisie
Social changes
Everyone equal before the law.
estates system disappeared
nobility and the clergy no longer had privileges
participate in politics
limited male suffrage
bourgeoisie
Political changes
Constitutions
based on popular sovereignty
limited male suffrage,
separation of powers
protected the rights of the people.
Political parties
citizens' interests
competed in elections
forms of government
republic
replace absolute monarch
constitutional monarchy
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
equal rights,
only for men
main consequence
the subsequent fall of the Ancien Régime
the crisis
Spain during the Reign of Carlos IV
Carlos IV's reign
1788
coincided
French Revolution
Napoleonic Empire
Carlos IV
ministers
Godoy
may of them
relationship
changed in response to the events
revolution
empire
1793 Spain
joined the first coalition against France
result of Louis XVI's execution
France defeated the coalition,
Peace of Basel
1795
with France
left the coalition
1795
French Revolution had moved
more moderate direction
Godoy allied with France
Godoy allied with France Britain
consequences of this alliance
Treaty of Fontainebleau
1807
allowed French troops to cross Spain
occupy Portugal
Napoleon took advantage
occupy part of Spain
Treaties of San Idelfonso
(1796 and 1800),
Spain promised to help France
invasion of Great Britain
1805
Battle of Trafalgar
marked the end of Spanish naval power.
French and Spanish fleets were defeated
by the British
Godoy
tried to move the Spanish royal family to Sevilla
protect them from the French troops
Revolt of Aranjuez
March 1808
forced Carlos IV
dismiss Godoy
abdicate in favour of his son
Fernando VII.
May 1808
Fernando VII and his father Carlos IV were moved to Bayonne
France
renounced their rights Spanish throne
favour of Napoleon.
Joseph Bonaparte then king
Bayonne Constitution
imposed by Joseph I
enlightened reforms
equality of all citizens before the law
payment of taxes.
rejected by most of Spain's population
afrancesados
Spanish supporters