Land Confiscation During the Bourgeois Revolution
The confiscation was a pivotal event in the process of the bourgeois revolution. It represented a fundamental change in the system of ownership and land tenure.
Understanding the seizure by government confiscation of collectively owned real estate, either ecclesiastical or civil, that after the nationalization and for subsequent sale at auction, they become a new property, private, with full freedom of use and disposal, as well as now have the free goods provided ordinary private property. We must
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18th-Century Spain: Reform of State Organization. Centralist Monarchy
Although at first Felipe V (1700-1946) accepted the laws and institutions of the different Spanish kingdoms, after the War of Succession and the uprising against the Crown of Aragon, he moved towards unification through the Decrees of Nueva Planta, assimilating the laws and institutions of all the kingdoms of Castile (1707-1716), except in the cases of Navarra and the Basque Country. These regions maintained their privileges for
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Ferdinand VII’s Reign (1808-1833): A Period of Turmoil
Phase 1: The Initial Years and War of Independence (1808-1814)
Ferdinand VII was proclaimed king during the Mutiny of Aranjuez, which forced his father, Charles IV, to abdicate in 1808. This period coincided with the War of Independence (1808-1814), where Ferdinand VII was a prisoner in France and held only nominal power.
Phase 2: The Absolutist Restoration (1814-1820)
- Navarra was reintegrated into the kingdom.
- The previous realistic policies were
Falklands War: Unveiling Discrepancies in British Casualties
They must have read previous versions of this report of British casualties. This time, we intend to be the last of them, providing new material and confirming the previous one. For the latter work has been devoted to analyzing a whole year every day of a full and correct all kinds of mistakes. An attempt to confirm the facts from both sides, and in cases where there are only Argentine sources, has managed to speak to the protagonists of the facts, his testimony being another source of information,
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Democratic Board Manifesto: Analysis
Democratic Board. Words: Provisional Government, liberty, rights and duties, blanket amnesty, without exclusion, freedom of association, right to strike, freedom of the press, judicial independence and unity, external defense, the unity of the Spanish State; separation of Church and State, referendum; integration of Spain within the European Community, recognition of the principle of international peaceful coexistence. Comment: The text “Manifesto of the Democratic
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The War of Independence (1808-1814)
With the start of the French Revolution, Charles IV, outside of government ministers (Floridablanca, Jovellanos…), froze the reforms of Charles III. The death of Louis XVI led Charles IV to declare war on France with the European absolute monarchies. The war against France ended in 1795 with the Peace of Basel after the defeat of Spanish troops.
The Riot of Aranjuez
In 1792, Charles IV entrusted the military to Manuel Godoy, prime minister and trusted friend of
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