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THE RESTORATION AND THE GRADUAL MODERNISATION OF SPAIN
The reign of Alfonso XII: Stability of the regime
Constitution of 1876
Parliament
Suffrage
Rights and freedoms
Religion
Sovereignty
Turnismo
2 political elements regime stable
turnismo
Constitution of 1876
Turnismo
corrupt alternation of parties in power
elections manipulated in favour of the party that the king had chosen to form a government
Bourbon dynasty return to throne (Alfonso)
PARTIES
more parties gained a seat, didn't govern
Liberal Party (Sagasta): Sexenio Revolucionario
supported by progressive / regionalist middle class
Conservative Party (Cánovas del Castillo): moderate politicians
supported by
wealthy burgeoisie
middle class
aristocracy
AGRICULTURAL CHANGES
still inequality of land ownership
production increased thanks to exportation
CACIQUISMO
large social influence (control employment contracts, municipal jobs)
caciques: large landowners
armed followers, intimidate the population
elections through turnismo (always favourable to them)
agriculture: most important sector in Spain
Catholic Church's lands were acquired by the wealthy
THE REGENCY OF MARÍA CRISTINA: CRISIS OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
problem of popular representation
still electoral fraud
many citizens not represented in Parliament
regional problem
nationalist movements began to state proposals
Catalan nationalism
1901: Regionalist League of Cataluña
1877: first newspaper in Catalan
Basque nationalism
1894: Sabino Arana found Basque Nationalist Party
second wife (María Cristina) new regent, signs of crisis
The colonial problem
Spanish not want to be independent: great commercial benefits
uprisings in Philippines
Cuba demand greater autonomy
Treaty of Paris (1898), Spain ceded Cuba, Puerto Rico and Guam
German-Spanish Treaty : Spain cede Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands, Palau to Germany
November 1885: Alfonso XII died of tuberculosis
OIHANE TXARROALDE 4.E
