Sentences with 'metropolitan'
Example sentences and phrases with the word metropolitan and other words derived from it.
• « This new situation provoked irritation and disagreement in the Indian populations, where the majority of Creoles and many metropolitan residents began to agree in their opposition to the decisions taken by the Madrid government. »
• « Neither the metropolitan Spaniards nor the Americans accepted the new situation. While in America loyalty to the deposed King Ferdinand was reiterated, in Spain the armed struggle against the French invader began. Given the lack of legitimate authority, government juntas were formed in the Spanish regions not yet occupied by Napoleon's troops. In September 1808 they were all unified in the Central Junta of Seville. »