Editing Aragon (section)

=== 1790–1936 ===
[[File:Gobierno Político de Aragón.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Emblem of the Political Government of Aragon under the [[Trienio Liberal|Liberal Triennium]], 1820]]

The French invasion of 1808 that made [[Kingdom of Spain under Joseph Bonaparte|Joseph Bonaparte]] King led to the outbreak of the ''Guerra de la Independencia Española'' or War of Independence in May. Zaragoza was largely destroyed in February 1809 during the [[Second Siege of Zaragoza]], bringing a halt to its economic development. The 1812 Constitution proposed a number of reforms, including the creation of provincial territories and dividing Aragon into the four provinces of [[Province of Calatayud|Calatayud]], [[province of Teruel|Teruel]], [[province of Soria|Soria]] and [[province of Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]. However, these reforms were delayed by [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]]'s refusal to accept the constitution and finally implemented in 1822 during the 1820–23 [[Trienio Liberal]]. When Ferdinand was restored by French Bourbon forces in 1823, he abolished the Constitution along with the provincial reforms. When he died in 1833, the [[1833 territorial division of Spain|provincial division of 1833]] divided Aragon into its current three provinces.

[[File:Santa Engracia - Lejeune.jpg|thumb|left|175px|French troops storming the [[Abbey of Santa Engracia]], February 1809, painted by Lejeune]]
Throughout the 19th century, Aragon was a stronghold of the [[Carlism|Carlists]], who offered to restore the ''fueros'' and other rights associated with the former [[Kingdom of Aragon]]. This period saw a massive exodus from the countryside into the larger cities of Aragon such as [[Huesca]], [[Zaragoza]], [[Teruel]] or [[Calatayud]] and other nearby regions, such as [[Catalonia]] or [[Madrid]].

The history of Aragon in the first half of the 20th century was similar to that of the rest of Spain; the building of infrastructure and reforms made by [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]] led to a brief economic boom, with new civil and individual liberties during the [[Second Spanish Republic]]. In June 1936, a draft Statute of Autonomy of Aragon was presented to the [[Cortes Generales]] but the outbreak of the [[Spanish Civil War]] prevented the development of this autonomist project.