Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0922 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Spain 1820 and the Holy Alliance's First Intervention
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The idea
Ferdinand VII, restored, refused the liberal constitution of eighteen twelve; a liberal military coup in eighteen twenty forced it back on him. The Holy Alliance's first test: a French army, two hundred thousand by the anchor's count, restored him.
In practice
The witness: the Congress of Verona and the march into Spain.
Where people slip
The Monroe Doctrine, the anchor says, feared the same intervention.
Your place on the trail
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