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In 1807 Godoy signed with France the Treaty of Fontainebleau, which allowed french troops to
pass through Spain to invade Portugal (British ally).
March: Mutiny of Aranjuez: Charles IV´s son Ferdinand intrigued against his father and he
became king.
2 May: After French army entering in Spain and occupy several cities, popular revolts took place
and the war began.
During the war the king of Spain was Joseph I but most of Spanish didn’t accept him. So they
created local Juntas and a Supreme Central Junta in Cádiz, with convened a Cortes in Cádiz
and began to draft a Constitution.
They create the Constitution of 1812, known as La Pepa (19 March). It established: national
sovereignty, separation of powers, universal male suffrage, recognized several rights and
freedoms and abolished the feudalism and the Inquisition.
The war lasted until 1814 with Treaty of Valençay (1813) and Ferdinand VII (el Deseado) came
back to Spain and the absolutism returned.