War of the Catalans

The War of the Catalans or Particular War of Catalonia (Catalan: Guerra dels Catalans or Guerra Particular de Catalunya) was a separate conflict derived from the last phase of the War of the Spanish Succession, which affected the Principality of Catalonia. This last phase of the conflict began when, despite the armistice signed between Philip V and Charles VI of Austria that put an end to the war from July 1, 1713, the Three Commons of Catalonia —a consultive body made up by the most prominent Catalan political institutions: the Generalitat, the Military Arm of Catalonia and the Consell de Cent of Barcelona— proclaimed on 9 July 1713 the continuation of the war against Philip V and France, thus prolonging the war until 12 September 1714.

The end of the War and the Catalan defeat led to the suppression of the institutions and legal system of the Principality of Catalonia, which ended its status as separate state and it was annexed as a province to the newly centralized and absolutist Kingdom of Spain, as well as the disproportionate increase in the tax burden, and the imposition of the administrative use of Spanish language, progressively displacing Catalan.