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SPAIN: THE RESTORATION, LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRATIC IDEAS, The reign of…
SPAIN: THE RESTORATION, LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRATIC IDEAS
The Reign of Fernando VII
The liberal phase
(1820–1823)
a period of political instability followed
some liberals
organised military coups designed
to overthrow absolutism
The ominous decade
(1823–1833)
Fernando VII asked the Holy Alliance for assistance
sent a French army
the 100 000 Sons of St Louis
who defeated the liberals
The absolutist phase
(1814–1820)
Fernando VII enjoyed
the Cádiz Cortes
the absolutists
the support of the Spanish people
military
participated actively in politics
leading military revolts to acquire more power
Various constitutions
were approved
was limited male suffrage throughout Isabel II's reign
Moderates and Progressives
queen was supported by the liberal political parties
Isabel favoured the Moderate
shared sovereignty
crown retained power
but this power was shared with the Cortes
established
liberal constitutional monarchy
although it had its own special features
The regency period
(1833–1839)
took place because Fernando VII's brother Carlos claimed the throne
did not accept either the Pragmatic Sanction
In 1839
the Convention of Vergara was signed
The Democratic Sexennium
In 1868
a military revolt began in Cádiz
known as the Glorious Revolution
Isabel II was forced into exile
three different phases
The constitutional monarchy
Amadeo of Savoy
he son of the Italian king, Victor Emmanuel II, was named King Amadeo I of Spain
third Carlist War (1872–1876) began
The First Republic
the Cortes proclaimed Spain a republic
was the first time that Spain was not ruled by a monarch
The provisional government
looked for a new king for Spain who was not a Bourbon
Constitution of 1869
was 19th-century Spain's most democratic constitution
It introduced universal manhood suffrage
In the 19th century
Spain experienced similar political processes
to the rest of Europe
During the reign of Fernando VII
absolutism was restored
The reign of Isabel II
