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Two Important Consequences of the Guerra de Sucesión

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Bourbons started to rule Spain. They came for France.

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The Treaty of Autriche in 1713 confirmed Felipe V as King of Spain.

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Spain lost territory in Europe. Gibraltar and Menorca became English colonies.

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Felipe V became king in 1700. He made important reforms. He established an absolute monarchy. He has all the power of the state. He abolished the laws and institutions of Aragón, Cataluña, Valencia and Baleares, but they keep the institutions of Navarra and País Vasco.

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He introduced the Salic Law of Succession, which excluded women from the Spain throne.

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Spanish was the only official language.

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Fernando VI no unas el Prudente or el Justo.

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He continued his father's reforms.

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He also built roads and canals.

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It was a reign of peace.

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The death of his wife appeared as a psychological disorder.

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He suffered a deep depression that prevented him from governing.

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Carlos III and his ministers tried to modernize the country.

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They tried to improve agriculture, industry and trade.

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They reformed education and built libraries and museums,

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as Prado Museum. The restrained Menorca became part of Spain again. Carlos

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Cuarto became king at the end of the 18th century. He had no personality and his

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wife had a favorite, Godoy, who was the first minister and was the responsible

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for govern Spain. Godoy and Napoleon Bonaparte from France

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signed a treaty so that French troops could cross Spain to attack Portugal, but

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during this trip France occupied some Spanish territories. Spanish society didn't

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like this. Carlos IV abdicated. In the 18th century there was a new cultural

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movement called the Enlightenment. In Spain it's known as La Ilustración.

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The most famous thinkers were French philosophers Montesquieu, Voltaire and

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Rocher. The work of the Enlightenment, who was the Encyclopedia, presented the

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Third of the Enlightenment. This movement comes from France and spread during the

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Bourbon dynasty. Francisco de Goya is one of the most important artists in the

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world. He was a painter at the Spanish court. He painted portraits of Carlos

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III and Carlos IV. He painted festivals but also painted scenes depicting

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Tragedy and Suffering of War