Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Spain: The Restoration, liberalism and democratic ideas - Coggle Diagram
Spain: The Restoration, liberalism and democratic ideas
The reign of Fernando VII
Three phases of his reign
The liberal phase
A period of political instability
Liberals organised military coups to overthrow absolutism
A coup led by Riego and Quiroga succeeded
Fernando VII was forced to
Reinstate the Constitution of 1812
Guarantee freedom
The ominous decade
Fernando VII
Asked the Holy Alliance for assistance
They sent a French army
They defeated the liberals
Re-established the absolute monarchy
Persecuted the liberals
The absolutist phase
Enjoyed the support of
The Cádiz Cortes
Hoped he would uphold Constitution of 1812
Were dismissed
Constitution of 1812 was abolished
The absolutists
Wanted a return to the Ancien Régime
Fernando VII agreed with them
Spanish people
Re-established absolute monarchy
Proclaimed his Pragmatic Sanction
Isabel became queen
Carlos became a source of conflict.
The reign of Isabel II
Liberal constitutional monarchy
The queen was supported by liberal political parties
Progressives
Moderates
Various constitutions were approved
Progressive constitution
Moderate constitution .
Shared sovereignty
Crown retained power
Power was shared with the Cortes
Military
Participated as heads of government and ministers
Participed leading military revolts
The regency period
Two regents governed in her name
María Cristina Bourbon
General Espartero
First Carlist War
Took place because Carlos
Claimed the throne
Did not accept Isabel II as queen
Carlos was supported by
Absolutists
Those who supported the fueros
Liberals supported Isabel II
For government becoming more liberal
Convention of Vergara
Isabel
Was recognised as Queen of Spain
Respected fueros of Navarra and Vascongadas
Carlos
Did not accept the treaty
Carlos Luis Bourbon, his son, continued his fight
The majority of Isabel II
Features of her reign include
Spain's division into 49 provinces
Social instability
Peasants have poor working conditions
Tension between
Workers
Factory owners
Second Carlist War
Isabel II's refuse to marry Carlos Luis Bourbon
The succession dispute would have ended
Ended with defeat of Carlists
Expropiations
Aimed to solve Spain's economic problem
Paying the state's debt
Breaking up large estates belonging to the church
Alternation in power between Moderates and Progressives
The crisis and the end of Isabel II's reign
Political problems damaged Isabel II
New political parties who opposed monarchy
Democrats
Republicans
Manipulation of election results
Major economic crisis
Caused by
Poor harvests
A halt in railway construction
Results
Unemployment increased
Many small and medium investors were ruined
The democratic sexennium
New political period
Three diferent phases
The constitutional monarchy
Amadeo of Savoy was king
Third Carlist War began
Government had not chosen Carlos VII as king
End in Amadeo abdicated
He faced opposition from
Republicans
Supporters of Alfonso
The First Republic
The Cortes proclaimed Spain a republic
Some problems
Alfonso's supporters rejected the republic
Revolts in
Levante
Murcia
Andalucía
Third Carlist War continued
Divisions among Republicans
Federal republic
17 federal states
Own goverment and laws
Centralised republic
Central government control
2 more items...
Made instability in the republic
There were four different presidents
4 more items...
The provisional government
General Serrano looked for new king who wasn't a Bourbon
Constitution of 1869
Introduced
Guaranteed range of rights and freedoms
Freedom of religion
Universal manhood suffrage
Republicans work in a new constitution
General Pavia dissolved it
A military revolt aimed to bring back the Bourbons
First Republic ended
