First Carlist War: Difference between revisions

Spain had only slightly more than 20 inhabitants per square kilometer in the early 19th gentury, much less than other European countries.{{sfn|Coverdale|2014|p=15}} At the start of the Carlist war, the population was approximately 12.3 million people.{{sfn|Coverdale|2014|p=15}}

 

[[File:Spanish_Empire_-_1824.jpg|right|thumb|350x350px|Map of territories that became independent from Spain in said wars (blue)]]

While the [[Spanish American wars of independence]] began in 1808, more than two decades before the death of Ferdinand VII, the social, economic and political effects of the American conflicts still were of great significance in the peninsula. In fact, not until the start of the Carlist conflict did Spain abandon all plans of military reconquest.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} Between 1792 and 1827 the value in millions of reales of imports of goods, imports of money, and exports from the Americas had decreased by a factor of 3.80, 28.0, and 10.3 respectively.{{sfn|Coverdale|2014|p=15}}