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an and

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forces of

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, the

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and the

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, signed in

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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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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
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was established (1873), there were different attempts in

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to proclaim a Catalan State within a Spanish Federal Republic.

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