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1809 BCE

Goya was the most representative painter of this era

1808 BCE

in his pictures and paintings he showed and criticized the war

the final decline of the royal family

1807 BCE

These already in Bayonne, where they left after leaving their post, Napoleon found out and forced Fernando to recognize his father as legitimate king, so that he would cede the position of Spain to him. This gave rise to Napoleon's brother reigning in Spain

how did the issue of the royal family happen

1806 BCE

After several important cities in the north of Spain were controlled, Ferdinand VII and a large popular mass supported his father to abdicate from his post.

So what caused the war of independence?

1805 BCE

Starting with the most important, the occupation of Spain by the French was well advanced in the north, which caused popular discontent. This led to the abdication by obligation of the kings. And finally, since the Spanish army could not defend itself against the French troops, the unprepared people fought against the occupiers.

consequences of the weakness of the royal family in spain

1805 BCE

Thanks to the Spanish defeat, Godoy and Napoleon were able to sign a pact, which gave rise to a kind of invasion of Spain by France, although the invasion was supposed to be of Portugal, which was agreed upon in the deal.

consequences of the war of independence

1805 BCE

Nationals:
- About 500,000 dead (War, famine, disease)
- Destruction of buildings of many cities
looted many of the works of art
large economic losses
Modernization cut short
International:
First defeats of Napoleon's army
The Spanish colonies in America take the opportunity to achieve independence

War of Independence (1808-1814)

1804 BCE

Everything happened since Napoleon decided to act in Spain due to the weakness of the Spanish royal family, also in 1805 Spain lost in Trafalgar against the English army. This was a deep crisis.

causes of the war of independence

1804 BCE

1- French occupation
- They occupy cities and strategic areas of the peninsula
2- Popular discontent over the "arrest" of the royal family
Abdication of the kings
Appointment of Joseph Bonaparte
3- popular uprising against the occupation forces

War of independence

Period: 1803 BCE to 1805 BCE

France revolution

1791 BCE

The common people together with the bourgeoisie ended the regime in France
The stratified society and absolutism disappear
End of social privileges
- Revolutionary slogans come true (liberty/equality/fraternity)
Revolutionary ideas spread
Fight of monarchs against revolutionaries Fr begins (Success for revolutionary France)
Napoleon, after proclaiming himself emperor, commercially blocked GB, but Portugal ignored it, so Napoleon tried to invade (1807)

Social crisis

1790 BCE

The nobility controlled large public offices and lived on the rents
There was a lack of a strong and enterprising bourgeoisie
- The Catholic Church controlled education...
- Most of the population lived in poverty and illiteracy

Carlos had several people who did his work during his reign.

1789 BCE

Floridablanca (1788-1792)
Count of Aranda (1792-1793)
Manuel Godoy (1793-1808)
was the most important
Controversial, he was not noble and had many enemies
Meteoric political rise

Political crisis

1788 BCE

there is an ineffective monarchy on the reforms of enlightened despotism, there was also fear of the French Revolution, political office was in the hands of the nobles.

Economic Crisis

1788 BCE

The state was in huge deficit (bankruptcy)
For which the taxes rose
Most of the population lived in misery (continuous famines 1804)
Land ownership in the hands of the nobility and church
- Agriculture that is not very productive and based on self-sufficiency

reign of Charles IV (1788-1808)

Period: 1788 BCE to 1808 BCE

Spain immersed in a deep political, economic and social crisis