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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coffeyce, post: 201494, member: 3745&quot;]Here we have 2 documents seperated by 6 years but doing the same things. I was very fortunate to locate and obtain both peices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Background:</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1808 The french Invaded Spain and further Kidnapped King Ferdinand 7th and his father King Charles 4th and held them in France. Napoleon then put his brother joseph on the Throne as King. The people didnt really care for Ferdinand 7th but they would never accept a French King forced upon their Spanish throne. On 2-3 May 1808, the peoples discontent boiled over and a confrontation between Spaniards and French forces ensure and there were mass casualties.</p><p><br /></p><p>On 30 May 1811, the Cadiz Cortez, invoking the authority of King Ferdinand 7th in his absence authorized a national holiday &quot;Dos Mayo&quot; to remeber the heroic countrymen who refused to bow to French tyranny. The holiday is still celetbrated today in Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cadiz Cortez was composed of mostly libreral politicians and such and they wanted to take the the power from the monarch and give it to the people and they passed many laws and changed many things to this means. One main pieces they produced was the 1812 Constitution (La Pepa) which is argued to have caused many of Spain&#039;s colonies to revolt for freedom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Upon return from captivity King Ferdinand 7th before he was allowed to return as king he was made to uphold the new constitution. He agreed and soon after taking back the throne the nobles told him he was tricked into surrendering his God given right. He immediately abolished the constitution and abolished the Cadiz Cortez decrees and laws.&nbsp; and upon reviewing them if he decided it was needed he would write a new decree. Most of these liberals were also imprisoned for their anti-monarch thinking. King Ferdinand 7th reviewed the abolished decrees and decided if they were needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second document is such. On 19 Sep 1817, King Ferdinand Issued a decree abolishing the aforementioned decree and establishing his own 2 May holiday for Spain and its possessions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]57738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]57746[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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