Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
SPAIN DURING THE REIGN OF CARLOS IV, image, image, image, image, image,…
SPAIN DURING THE REIGN OF CARLOS IV
most important minister was Godoy
Godoy's relationship with France changed in response to the events of the revolution and empire.
1793 Spain joined the first coalition against France Louis XVI's execution
1795 Spain signed the Peace of Basel with France and left the coalition.
French Revolution had moved in a more moderate direction
Godoy allied with France against Great Britain
Signing of the Treaties of San Idelfonso (1796 and 1800)
Spain promised to help France in an invasion of Great Britain
1805 the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar
Signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)
allowed French troops to cross Spain in order to occupy Portugal
Godoy tried to move the Spanish royal family to Sevilla to protect them from French troops
caused a popular revolt in March 1808 known as the Revolt of Aranjuez
event forced Carlos IV to dismiss Godoy and abdicate in favour of his son, Fernando VII.
May 1808 Fernando VII and his father Carlos IV were moved to Bayonne in France
Joseph I imposed the Bayonne Constitution, which included enlightened reforms
equality of all citizens before the law
the payment of taxes
most of Spain's population rejected the new constitution
