The Federal Tortosa Pact, or simply, Tortosa Pact ( or ), was an ideological manifesto and organizational project from
Republic
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an and
Federal forces of
Aragon
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, the
Balearic Islands
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,
Catalonia
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and the
Valencia region, signed in
Tortosa
Tortosa (, ) is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain.
Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hi ...
on May 18, 1869. The signing of the pact was one of the first practical expressions of federalism, while still rejecting separatism.
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Subsequent developments
The pact led to similar pacts such as those of Córdoba, the two Castiles, Valladolid, the Galician-Asturian pact in Santiago de Compostela, the Basque-Navarran pact at Eibar and lastly the Madrid Agreement of 30 July 1869.
España tal como es
Valentí Almirall, p. 33, note 35
When the First Spanish Republic
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The Republic's founding ensued after the abdication of King ...
was established (1873), there were different attempts in Barcelona
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to proclaim a Catalan State within a Spanish Federal Republic.
See also
*Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon (, ) ;, ; ; . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona (later Principality of Catalonia) and ended as a consequence of the War of the Sp ...
References
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Politics of Catalonia