Spanish power goes into rapid decline in…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

Spanish power goes into rapid decline in the early nineteenth century.

Although Spain is allied with France during the Napoleonic Wars, in 1808 Napoleon Bonaparte forces the Spanish king to abdicate and puts a Bonaparte on the Spanish throne.

In response, Spanish people erupt in revolt in Madrid and throughout Spain, setting off a chain of uprisings in Latin America.

In Honduras, resentment against rule by the exiled Spanish king increases rapidly, especially because increased taxes for Spain's struggle against the French threaten the cattle industry.

In 1812 disturbances that break out in Tegucigalpa are more linked to long-standing rivalry with Comayagua, however, than to opposition to Spanish rule.

The disturbances are quickly controlled, and, to appease local discontent, the municipal government of Tegucigalpa is reestablished.

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Tegucigalpa Francisco Morazan Honduras View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Napoleonic Wars View →

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