The Nueva Planta decrees (Spanish:Decretos de Nueva Planta, Catalan: Decrets de Nova Planta) were a number of decrees signed between 1707 and 1716 by Philip V—the first Bourbon king of Spain—shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession. Taking France as a model of a centralized state, Philip V took advantage of his military victories to suppress the institutions, privileges, and the ancient fueros of almost all the areas that were formerly part of the Crown of Aragon (Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands). The decrees ruled that all the territories in the Crown of Aragon excepting the were to be ruled by the laws of Castile, making these regions part of a nearly uniformly administered, centralized Spain. Navarre, the Basque Country and the Val d'Aran continued with their own fueros. 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The acts were promulgated in 1707 in Valencia and Aragon, in 1715 in Majorca and the other Balearic Islands (with the exception of Menorca, a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain at the time), and finally in Catalonia on January 16, 1716. Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ... Minorca (Menorca both in Catalan and Spanish and increasingly in English usage; from Latin insula minor, later Minorica minor island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Illes Balears Catalan official name, Islas Baleares in Spanish), located in the Mediterranean Sea, and belonging to Spain. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right)1 Capital London Head of State King of Great Britain Head of Government Prime Minister Parliament House of Commons, House of Lords This article is about the historical state called the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707-1800). ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ...

These acts constituted the first realization of Spain as a centralized state and were a harsh punishment on the territories that had fought against Philip V in the War of Succession. With these decrees, the court of the Kingdom of Castile became the court of Spain. The Aragonese and Catalan languages were completely banned from the legal system. Civil servants were appointed directly from Madrid, the king's court city. Institutions of self-government in these territories were abolished. Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... Catalan (Català IPA: ) a Romance language, the national and official language of Catalunya (Catalonia) (On April 3rd 06 the central government of Spain finally recognised the right to define Catalonia as a NATION on the text of the Catalan Constitution) and the Principality of Andorra. ... Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ...

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• This article draws on material from the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia, accessed January 2006.