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The birth of Liberal State

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  • What three privileges did the nobility and the clergy have in the Ancien Régime?
    They don't pay taxes, they have different laws and they hold political positions.
  • What law did Fernando VII pass so that his daughter Isabel could be queen of Spain?
    The Pragmática Sanción
  • Where did the members of the National Assembly promise a constitution for France?
    On a tennis court
  • What caused the "Desastre de 1898"?
    The loss of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
  • Which document limited the power of the king in the English parliamentary monarchy?
    Bill of Rights
  • What army was sent by the Holy Alliance to end the three years of Liberalism during the reign of Fernando VII in Spain?
    The Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis
  • What instrument was used during theTerror to execute any person suspected of not supporting the Revolution?
    Guillotine
  • Which treaty allowed the entry of French troops into Spain?
    Treaty of Fontainebleau
  • How did Napoleon come to power in France?
    With a coup d'état
  • Why was the French monarchy heavily in debt at the end of the 18th century?
    Court's excessive spending on luxuries and France's participation in military conflicts
  • Which trade route was the most profitable in the 18th century?
    Triangular trade
  • What is the electoral corruption practice used in the countryside during the Restoration period in Spain?
    Caciquismo
  • Which political party represented the most moderate ideas during the French Revolution?
    Girondins
  • Who became King of Spain after the abdications of Bayonne?
    Joseph I Bonaparte
  • What are the military insurrections whose objective is a change of government, very frequent in the Spanish 19th century?
    Pronunciamientos
  • Why did Amadeo I abdicate as King of Spain after only two years?
    Because he had no support and important problems (Carlist war and war in Cuba)
  • Where was the return to the political system of the Ancien Régime agreed in 1815?
    Congress of Vienna
  • Where was the first Spanish constitution approved? Why there?
    In Cadiz because it was the only Spanish city not controlled by the French
  • What political system was the most common in Europe at the beginning of the 18th century?
    Absolutism
  • What laws, enacted by Philip V, eliminated the special laws (fueros) of the Crown of Aragon?
    Nueva Planta Decrees
  • What military tactic did the Spanish use to fight the French army during the War of Independence?
    Guerrillas
  • What two ideologies appear after the French Revolution?
    Liberalism and Nationalism
  • What is the name of the economic theory that based wealth on the accumulation of precious metals?
    Mercantilism
  • What event led to the beginning of the decline of Napoleon's military power in Europe?
    Failed invasion of Russia in 1812
  • What treaty was signed to end the War of the Spanish Succession?
    Treaty of Utrecht
  • What economic measure was intended to reduce Spanish debt and turn peasants into landowners?
    Desamortización
  • What intellectual and intellectual movement advocated the use of reason to solve social problems? Write it correctly on the board.
    Enlightenment
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