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SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
COURSE OF WAR
1808
Spain had several victories
French couldn't reach Andalucia
1808-1812
guerrila warfare
sieges
French occupied all Spain expect Cadiz
1812-1813
Spain allied with Great Britain
Anglo-Spanish troops led by Duke of Wellington
Treaty of Valencay
(Fernando VII king)
Local and provincial councils
(juntas)
fight against French
were elected by the people
Central council
represented Fernando VII
Legislative and executive power
Consequences
A lot of poeple dead
Agriculture was abandoned
Industries were destroyed
CADIZ CORTES
Central Council
replaced by Regency Council (Cadiz Cortes)
Each deputy had a vote
223 deputies
Two different groups
supporters of Enlightenment
absolutists
Approved the Constitution
Its work
end of Ancien Regime
All citizens were equal before the law
A constitution was written
(19 March, 1812)
Constitution
constitutional monarchy
popular sovereignty (limited male suffrage)
separation of powers
guaranteed rights
Catholicism as official religion
