English
Historical
Review, Oct.
Outlines and Refernces for European History
1. Ferdinand VII and his coup d'etat.
2. The Camarilla (50,000 political prisoners).
D. SPAIN SINCE THE RESTORATION.
1. The Revolution of 1820.
a. Interference of France; and the "crowned conspirators
of Verona;" Canning "calls the New World into exist-
ence to redress the balance of the Old. "
2. The Salic law and the Carlists.
a. Abrogation of the Salic law in 1830.
b. Civil war between Christinists (liberals) and Carlists
(absolutists), 1833-40.
1) Constitution revised (1812) in 1837.
2) Espartero regent, 1840-43.
3. Accession of the young princess Isabella in 1843, and the
triumph of French influence (life of the queen).
a. The re-actionary alterations in the constitution in '45.
Grant Duff, 15-16.
b. French marriage in 1847.
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c. Concordat of 51.
d. Numerous attempts at revolution.
e. The Absolutist Reign of Terror.
4. Revolution of 1868-69.
a. Serrano and Prim.
b. The new constitution radical.
c. Search for a king. (Franco-Prussian War. )
5. Amndeo king, 1870-73; abdication.
6. The Republic, 1873-75. (Decentralized federation with
separation of church and state. )
a. Civil wars.
b. Castelar's presidency.
c. Serrano military dictator, 1874.
E. THE NEW SPAIN.
(Dating from the restoration of Alphonso XII, son of the last
queen, 1875-85 ; followed by Alphonso XIII (posthumous
son), 1885 Regency of the Queen; liberal ministry of Sa-
gasta.
1. Suppression of revolts in Spain and Cuba, 1876.
2. Liberal Constitution of 1876. Mueller, 600.
3. Reforms mainly of Sagasta's administration.
a. Slavery abolished in the Antilles in 1881.
b. Colonial government re-organized ; Cuba and Porto Rica
given responsible governments and home rule, with
representation also in the Spanish Cortez.
c. Jury trial, 1887.
d. Civil marriage.
e. Manhood suffrage in 1890.
f. Long series of reforms in taxation, which in 1876 was
still upon a Dark Age basis.
4. Education.
5. Colonies 9V 2 million population inhabiting 405,338 sq.
mi. , in three groups: America, Asiatic Islands, and Mor-
occogoverned, with exceptions noted above, as crown
colonies.
6. Cuba through the century.
7. Army.
8. Present problems.
a. Domestic.
1) Education.
2) Finances.
b. Foreign.
1) Gibraltar.
2) Union with Portugal.
Spain area, 196,670 sq. mi. , population, 17,565,632.
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X. THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. PORTUGAL.
Crawford: Stephens.
A. To NAPOLEON.
1. One of the numerous states of the peninsula in medieval
times; gradually gains so much national consciousness
(Camoens, De Gama, Dom Henry) as to make its subjec-
tion to Spain difficult.
2. Overrun by Philip II. Loss of a large part of its colonial
empire. War of Independence, 1640-65.
3. Close political and social relations with England until
Napoleon's wars.
B. NAPOLEON OCCUPIES THE COUNTRY, 1807, WHEN PORTUGAL
REFUSES TO PROHIBIT TRADE WITH ENGLAND.
1. Flight of the Braganzas to Brazil.
2. Popular rising, aided by the English (Wellington and
Moore. )
C. PORTUGAL A PROVINCE OF BRAZIL, 1807-21.
D. PORTUGAL SINCE THE SEPARATION FROM BRAZIL.
1. Rising for a constitution in 1821; the Radical Constitu-
tion.
2. King John, leaving his son Pedro I. to rule Brazil, returns
to Portugal, accepting the constitution. (By a secret
article, in a treaty with Brazil, it is provided that the two
crowns shall never again be united. )
a. Re-actionary opposition of the Queen and Miguel, 1821-
26.
b. Abrogation of the constitution (influence of the Spanish
counter-revolution of 1824. )
3. Pedro of Brazil, on death of John, resigns his rights to the
Portuguese crown in favor of his infant daughter, first
granting the moderately liberal constitution of 1826.
U Civil war between the Pedrists and the Miguelists, 1826-34.
(Arrival of Pedro to act as regent, after resigning the
Brazilian throne to his son, Pedro II. )
5. Constitution disregarded; the country distracted by rebel-
lions and civil wars until 1851.
6. Growth of constitutional sentiment. Queen Maria folio wed
in 1853 by her son Pedro V. ; succeeded by Luis I. ; suc-
ceeded, 1889, by his son Carlos I.
Peaceful and parliamentary government since 1851.
E. THE CONSTITUTION (1826, revised in 1852, 1878, 1885. )
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F. THE CHURCH.
Q. PROBLEMS.
Education and Finance.
Federation with Spain.
Area, including Azores and Madeira islands, 34,038 sq. mi.
population, 4,708,178.
Dependencies area, 743,204 sq. mi. ; population, 5,371,200.
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. Y7. THE SMALL CENTRAL STATES SWITZERLAND.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
General Histories.
Adams and Cunningham.
Moses.
Wilson.
MacCracken.
Winchester.
Vincent.
Sowerby: The Forest Cantons.
English Historical Review, Oct. '95: The Sonderbund.
Yale Review, Nov. '95 : The Referendum, etc.
Sullivan: Direct Legislation.
Constitution in Old South Leaflets.
A. HISTORY.
1. To 1815.
a. The League of Uri, Schwys, and Unterwalden, 1291;
Mortgarten (1315); growth ef the League Luzerne,
Berne, Zurich, etc. ; Sempach, 1385; virtual independ-
ence (leagues of cities elsewhere and their fate); Charles
the Bold, 1474-77; peace of Westphalia, 1648; various
forms of the League; growth to 13 states (all German);
internal discord; Swiss mercenaries; the Reformation.
b. 1798. Uprisings of the lower classes; French interven-
tion; the Helvetic Republic (centralization. )
c. Napoleon and the Act of Mediation, 1803.
2. Switzerland and the Congress of Vienna, 1815; the Federal
Pact.
a. A loose federation; neutrality guaranteed.
b. Epoch of discord; religious and political dissensions.
An ill-assorted, loose union of democratic and oligarchic,
country and city, Protestant and Catholic, German,
French and Italian cantons (22. )
c. The Sonderbund; civil war, 1847.
3. Constitution of 1848.
B. SWITZERLAND TODAY.
(Population about 3,00,000; 59 per cent. Protestant, 41 per
cent. Catholic. )
1. The federal government,
a. Legislature.
(The referendum and initiative. )
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b. Executive and Judiciary.
2. Canton and commune.
3. Religion.
4. Education.
5. Army.
6. Wealth.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Rogers: Holland.
Grattan: History of the Netherlands.
Grant Duff.
Griffis: Brave Little Holland.
A. HISTORY TO 1815.
1. Beginnings of Flanders and Holland, ninth century, fiefs
of the empire.
a. Liberal governments.
b. Early decline of feudalism and rise of cities.
2. Fiefs of Burgundy Philip the Good, Charles the Bold.
"The Great Privilege" secured from Mary of Burgundy.
3. Austrian possessions.
4. Spanish.
a. The Inquisition.
b. The War for Independence southern provinces recon-
quered by Spain.
5. The Dutch Republic, 1609-1795.
a. Peace of Westphalia, 1648.
b. Progress in power and civilization.
c. Struggles with Louis XIV.
d. Stadtholder hereditary, 1748.
6. The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806.
7. Kingdom of Holland (Louis Napoleon. )
8. Consolidation with France, 1810. ("The alluvium of
French rivers. ")
9. "The Dutch take Holland," 1813.
B. THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, 1815. ,
Holland and the Austrian Netherlands united .
The Revolt of Belgium, 1830.
C. HOLLAND TODAY.
(The Netherlands. )
1. Government, national and local.
The franchise history of, since 1815.
2. Colonies and dependencies.
3. Education.
D. BELGIUM.
1. Causes of separation from Holland; race, religion, unequal
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(Occasion, the French Revolution of 1830. )
2. The Constitution of 1831.
Amendments in 1848, and 1893. (Suffrage. Elections of
1894. Disappearance of the Liberals. )
3. The Culturkampf.
4. King Leopold.
5. Industrial agitation.
6. Relation to France. Fortnightly, Jan. , 1887.
7. Belgium and the Congo State.
Holland area, 12,648; pop. , 4,669,596; steadily increasing;
gained 80 per cent since 1830.
Colonies area, 766,137; pop. about 33 millions.
Belgium area, 11,373; pop. 6,069,321; gain of 50 per cent
since 1830.
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XIII. SCANDINAVIA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Boyeson: Story of Norway.
Otte: Denmark and Iceland.
Berkley: Quarterly, October, 1880.
Nineteenth Century, January, 1888.
Political Science Quarterly, I, 259-94. (June 1886. )
A. To THE UNION OF KALMAR.
1. The old Teutonic organization.
2. Consolidation in the ninth century. Gorm, Eric, and Har-
old Haarfager.
Foreign colonization.
Sweden and Denmark quickly feudalized, Norway more
slowly.
Consent of the local Things necessary to new laws until
1200.
3. Various political combinations and wars.
B. UNION OF KALMAR, 1397.
(Queen Margaret and her nephew, Eric of Pomerania).
1. Provisions.
a. Perpetual union for foreign affairs under one king Eric
and his successors.
b. Each state to have its own laws.
2.
