The article is the result of research into the history of Polish-Spanish relations at the time of the rapid transformations that both monarchies experienced at the end of the modern era. Its purpose is to provide an insight into one of the constitutional proceedings in the face of the threat of Napoleon’s invasion of Spain. In the drafts of the reform created at that time, we find threads that show the interest in the system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the desire to implement its elements in the new Spanish political system. The author analyses the references to the Polish legal and political tradition that appeared in the two drafts of the reform of the Spanish political system in 1809.
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The article treats of the negotiations carried on by John Jay, the American Minister Plenipotentiary in Madrid, in 1780-1782. First of all the authoress analyses the Spanish attitude towards the question of the British colonies’ independence. The aim of J. Jay’s mission was to sign the Treaty of Alliance, Amity and Commerce. The instructions also obligated him to secure: 1) the right of free navigation on the Mississipi River, 2) the access to the Spanish ports below 31° of latitude and 3) the financial help. The negotiations with the Spanish Secretary of State, count of Floridablanca, was of no effect. Jay wasn’t admit as official representative of the American government. The instructions’ change in 1781 didn’t temper the Spanish attitude. Finally none of the aims was achieved. The United States obtained a little loan only. In the interests of the weak Spain was to keep balance, that is to weaken as much as possible the British power and to keep their colonies under the control of the metropolis at the same time. However the Spanish policy’s principle of festina lente missed an opportunity of advantageous settlement of two questions: the borders and the navigation on Mississipi. From 1783 they would be the dominant matters of argument between the neighbours.
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