With the French declaration of war against Great Britain in 1798, the king of Spain (Charles III) decided to attack France. This however proved impopular with some part of the country (such as Catalonia) where republicanism had been spreading. This lead to a short internal conflict between pro- and antimonarchist forces ending in the King fleeing to the american colony of New Spain. The pro-French republicans (the afrancesados) marched on the capital and managed to seize it with a minimum of bloodshed.
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