Bourbon Spain

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Bourbon Spain was the early 18th-century Spanish monarchy under the French-origin Bourbon dynasty, marked by centralizing reforms and involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
monarchy
country Spain
endEvent Napoleonic invasion of Spain
endTime early 19th century
hasAdministrativeReform creation of intendancies
hasAlliance First Family Compact
Second Family Compact
Third Family Compact
hasAlly France
hasCapital Madrid
hasConsequence foundation for Spanish American independence movements
strengthening of royal authority
tensions with colonial elites
hasCulturalInfluence Enlightenment ideas
hasDynasty House of Bourbon
hasEconomicPolicy mercantilism
trade liberalization within empire
hasGovernmentForm absolute monarchy
hasMonarch Charles III of Spain
Charles IV of Spain
Ferdinand VI of Spain
Ferdinand VII of Spain
Louis I of Spain
Philip V of Spain
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPolicy centralization of administration
colonial administrative reorganization
fiscal reform
military modernization
naval reconstruction
hasReform Bourbon Reforms
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
implementedIn Viceroyalty of New Granada
Viceroyalty of New Spain
Viceroyalty of Peru
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
Napoleonic Wars
Seven Years' War
War of Jenkins' Ear
War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
partOf Ancien Régime in Europe
predecessor Habsburg Spain
startEvent accession of Philip V of Spain
startTime 1700


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