Spain

1. HISTORY OF SPAIN
18th century and first half of 19th century
Names:
A) A CHANGE OF DINASTY: THE RISE OF THE BOURBONS
1.- Introduce a picture of Charles II of Spain
2.- Analyse the following family tree of the Hapsburg Dinasty and answer the following questions:
a) According to the key of this graph, complete the following chart with the name of the royal
people belonging to each group:
House of Austria House of Austria,
Spain
House of Bourbon,
France
House of Bourbon,
Spain

2. b) According to this family tree, did Carlos II have heirs?
c) Who was Philippe Duc d´Anjou in relation to Carlos II? Which House did he belong to?
d) Who was Archduke Carlos of Austria in relation to Carlos II? Which House did he belong
to?
3.-Look at page 58 and answer the following questions:
a) What was the trigger of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)?
b) Who was the official heir of Spain? Who supported him?
c) Who was his rival? Who supported him?
d) Watch the map about the War of the Spanish Succession and complete the following
chart.
Bourbon Forces Territories allied against the
Bourbons
Neutral countries (in gray)
4.- What is the name of the Treaties that brought to an end the War of the Spanish Succession?
5.- Who became king of Spain after those Treaties? (Write all the names he had and his charges)
6.- Introduce a picture of this king.
7.- Which territories where given to Great Britain by Spain as they had helped this king to become
the king of Spain? Which of these territories are still British?
8.- Complete the following diagram about the Centralisation of Spain under the Bourbons:
9.- Do exercises 13, 14 and 15 on page 59. (Copy the questions in bold blue)
10.- Do exercise 7 on page 70.
CENTRALISATION UNDER THEBOURBONS

3. B) SOCIAL REFORMS IN SPAIN
1.- Introduce a picture of Carlos III of Spain.
2.- Explain some of the social reforms introduced by Carlos III:
Legal dishonour of labour
Traditional way of life
Education
3.- Do activity 22 on page 65 (Copy the whole sentences)
C) SPAIN: OCCUPATION AND LIBERATION
1.- Introduce the following pictures: Carlos IV, Godoy, Napoleon, Joseph Bonaparte, Fernando VII,
Duke of Wellington.
2.- When did Carlos IV became king of Spain?
3.- Which important events did his reign coincide with?
Napoleon´s occupation of Spain
4.- Who was the most important Carlos IV´s minister?
5.- Who did this minister support? When?
6.- Introduce a picture of the Battle of Trafalgar and explain what happened in 1805?
7.- Which treaty did Spain sign in 1807? What was it about?
8.- Why do you think France wanted to attack Portugal?
9.- What did Napoleon do at the end in Spain?
10.- What happened to Carlos IV and his son Fernando?
11.- What did Carlos IV and his son Fernando do in Bayonne?
12.- Who did Napoleon make the new king of Spain in 1808?
The Spanish War of Independence
13.- When did this war begin? What happened?
The War
14.- Introduce a picture of the Battle of Bailén. Who won this battle, the French or the Spanish?
15.- Look at the map on page 85. What do the red arrows represent? What do the green arrows
represent? Which ones are more numerous? What does it mean?
16.- What is the importance of Cádiz? Why?

4. 17.- What happened in 1813?
18.- Complete the following table about the supporters of the Spanish:
19.- What is a guerrilla?
The political revolution
20.- How many governments coexisted in Spain during the war? Name them.
21.- Who was the head of the French government in Spain?
22.- Explain the Bayonne Constitution.
23.- What were the names for the Spanish supports of Joseph Bonaparte?
24.- What was the general opinion of the Spanish people about the French government?
25.- What was the Central Council?
26.- What did the Central Council coordinate?
27.- What is the importance of the Central Council in Spanish History?
28.- Why did the Central Council took refuge in Cádiz?
29.- What happened in 1810 with the Central Council? What did they call together?
30.- Define Cortes
31.- What did the Cortes of Cádiz do on 19th March 1812? What was its importance?
32.- Make a diagram about the following principles of the Spanish Constitution of 1812.

5. 33.- Find out why the Spanish Constitution of 1812 was called “La Pepa”. Does it have
something to do with the idiom “¡Viva la Pepa!”?
34.- Introduce the picture “Declaration of the constitution in 1812 (Salvador Viniegra, 1812).
35.- Introduce pictures about the interior and the exterior of the “Oratorio de los Filipenses”
in Cádiz, where the Cortes gathered.
36.- Introduce a picture of the Monument of The Cortes in Cádiz.
Spanish
Constitution
1812