Carlos IVs reign Flashcards
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- context
- domestic policy: sanitary belt/frenchified/Godoy/deficient state
- foreign policy: war 1st coalition/ treaty of Basel ( and consequences)
context
context
**- 1788-1808 (20 years)
- becomes king : Spain inmersed in the model ** Old order
(politically,economically,socially)
- begining of **Old Order crisis **: French revolutionary ideas begin to root
French ideas begin to shake the foundations of the old order
Domestic policy
Carlos absolut monarch = stop Liberalism from spreading
* sets SANITARY BELT:
* Liberalism already rooted : Frenchified
* Ruled through Godoy:
* Crisis state : economically :
Frenchified
favour ideas :
1. separation of power
2. soveregnity of nation
3. equality under the law
Spanish liberals under french ideas influence
Godoy
Valido = aprox a prime minister
- proposes ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM
- tries USELESS: education//economic ( disentailments) reforms
- Public enemy = disliked by masses
Carlos 4 ruled thru godoy
States deficiency
Structural economical crisis
1st disentailments // tho money insuficient
because of the deep economic crisis
Sanitary belt
measures to stop liberalism from entering spain:
1. close borders
2. censorship
3. inquisition
FOREIGN POLICY
- Execution of Luis 16 = war of the first coalition
- Consequences treaty of basel: second coalition // war of independence
execution of Louis 16
- 1793
- all european absolutist kings VS liberalism
- call war VS revolutionary FR = war of the first coalition (93-95)
- ends : treaty of basel 95
CONSEQUENCES TREATY OF BASEL
- Spain = revol Fr ally
- ** Second coalition of european powers**(BR HEAD ) VS Sp//FR
- Napoleon decides he NEEDS to enter spain to invade portugal (br ally)
- French occupation of spain : 1807
- Trigger = war of independence