Conceived within the framework of the bicentenary of the Cortes de Cádiz and the independence of the American republics, this exhibition throws light on some facts that were concealed after the absolutist reaction of Ferdinand VII and the emancipation of the colonies. The show is a reminder of the existence of a parliamentary, constitutional and liberal proposal which sought to establish on both sides of the Atlantic, eighty years before the development of the English model, a Commonwealth system that would unite the American and mainland territories under the same Monarchy, but also under the same Constitution.
The exhibition will offer a journey through the history of both hemispheres and will explain that throughout this complicated period there were, from a constitutional and parliamentary point of view, viable alternatives to the insurgence. This exceptional proposal of Hispanic liberalism was not just conceived in Cadiz; it carried with it decades of claims from a large proportion of America’s Creoles, who demanded, among other issues, the right to a political representation in the monarchy.
