Independence or Constitution: Spanish America in the Liberal Triennium

Authors

  • Ivana Frasquet Universitat de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i21.670

Keywords:

Constitution of 1812, Ferdinand VII, American deputies, Constitutional reform, Rigidity

Abstract

The Liberal Triennium was the second opportunity to establish a constitutional monarchy in Spain and the American territories. The deputies of America who participated in the parliamentary debates raised, once again, the proposals for self-government and autonomy that the constitutional system allowed them. In this sense, they put their hopes in the Constitution of 1812 that, although it was inclusive, its rigidity prevented the modification of the legal and territorial structure of the empire. In this work, I intend to approach the proposals and political debates that on the possible modification of the Constitution were held in the Liberal Triennium Courts (1820-1823) to understand why in the framework of the liberalism of the twenties, it was not possible keeping the monarchy together and the presence of the constitutional text ended up being an impediment to American self-government and another cause for embracing independence.

 

Fecha de envío / Submission date: 12/02/2020

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 28/04/2020

Author Biography

Ivana Frasquet, Universitat de València

Ivana Frasquet es profesora titular del Departamento de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de la Universidad de Valencia y doctora por la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón. Ha realizado varias estancias de investigación en centros de investigación americanos como la Universidad Veracruzana, la Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, El Colegio de Michoacán, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Universidad de California y Universidad Industrial de Santander en Colombia. Ha sido secretaria de la Revista Tiempos de América y miembro del Centro de Investigaciones de América Latina de la Universidad Jaume I (CIAL-Unidad Asociada CSIC) entre el 2001 y el 2010. Entre sus publicaciones se encuentran Sociabilidad, cultura y ocio en la Valencia revolucionaria, 1834-1843, (PUV, 2002), Las caras del águila. Del liberalismo gaditano a la república federal mexicana, 1820-1824 (UJI-UVeracruzana-UAM, 2008) y como editora Bastillas, cetros y blasones. La independencia de Iberoamérica (Mapfre, 2006), Los colores de las independencias iberoamericanas. Liberalismo, etnia, raza (CSIC, 2009) y De las independencias iberoamericanas a los estados nacionales (1810-1850). 200 años de historia (Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2009). En coautoría ha publicado Las independencias en América (La Catarata, 2009) y Tiempos de Revolución. Comprender las independencias iberoamericanas (Taurus, 2013). Sus líneas de investigación se centran en el estudio histórico del liberalismo en la primera mitad del siglo XIX en México y España, así como la construcción de ambos Estados nacionales en esta época.

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Published

2020-05-07

Issue

No. 21 (2020): Historia Constitucional N. 21 (2020)

Section

The Liberal Triennium: 200 years of constitutionalism

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