HIST 2200Y Lecture 2: Seminar 2 (Sept. 25)
26 Feb 2016
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At the beginning of the 1800s, spain was allied with france. People revolted for many reasons (strong catholics, people wanted reform) Artist goya painted the third of may (location madrid) Two types of war in spain professional armies and civilian armies (guerrillas) Best army at the time was the french army. Spain was the first to defeat the napoleonic army using a civilian army causing. Napoleon to be outraged and send his best troops back to destroy spain. Spain ran a political revolution just like france did when they stormed the. Bastille, making them the third country to have a constitution after us and france. Church wants to keep its power, although at the time they were losing power and wealth. When long men were drafted into the army villages had funerals for them or the entire village would leave before they come to draft them.
