Sardinia
| Sardinia | |
|---|---|
| Regnu de Sardigna | |
| Sardìgna or Sardìnnia | |
| 1756-present | |
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 Location of Sardinia | |
| Established | 1756 |
| Capital | Cagliari |
| Largest City | Cagliari |
| Population | 1.7 Million |
| Government Type | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Area | 24 090 km² |
| Languages |
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| Currency | Sardinian Dinai |
Sardinia (Campidanese Sardinian: Sardìgna), officially the Kingdom of Sardinia, is an island-nation in Southern Europe. It is located entirely on the island of Sardinia, west of the Italian peninsula. Sardinia is also the second largest island on the Mediterranean sea.
History
The history of Sardinia in the Modern era was characterized by three centuries of Spanish rule, until March 1701, when the Spanish territories of Milan and Sardinia were handed to the Kingdom of France, after Spanish holdings in Italy were partitioned following the Spanish Succession Crisis (1701).
Civil unrest and the Independence War
After losing the Great Silesian War in 1755, the Kingdom of France decided to raise the taxes on most of their dominions in order to recover from the huge losses after the war. In Sardinia, taxes were raised both for the poorer classes of the population and for the various noblemen on the island. This, combined with the Protest of March 14th, 1756 (which erupted due to the poor management of Sardinian soldiers in the French army), planted the seeds for the successive revolts that would lead to the Independence War.
In April 1756, Charles Boyer was assigned as viceroy of Sardinia. Known for his efficient, yet sometimes cruel, methods of crushing rebellions, he was deemed by the French king as the most fit administrator for Sardinia. As a matter of fact, since the end of March, various protests in the major cities of Sardinia were already happening, with some of them being violent against the French forces.
