Spain: The Restoration, liberalism and democratic ideas
THE REIGN OF FERNANDO VII (1814–1833)
Napoleon in the Spanish
War of Independence
three phases based
on the events
The liberal phase
(1820–1823)
The ominous
decade (1823–1833)
The absolutist phase
(1814–1820)
uphold the Constitution of 1812
Fernando VII agreed with the absolutists
Fernando VII enjoyed the support
of the Spanish people
Fernando VII was forced to reinstate
the Constitution of 1812
freedoms that had been suppressed
during the previous phase
period of political instability followed
in 1823 Fernando VII asked the Holy
Alliance for assistance
Fernando VII re-established the
absolute monarchy
liberal revolts, but none of
them succeeded
THE REIGN OF ISABEL II
The majority of Isabel II
alternation in power between the
Moderates and Progressives
second Carlist War (1846–1849).
The war was caused by Isabel II's
Spain's division into 49 provinces.
The Civil Guard was created
social instability caused by discontent among the peasants
expropiations that aimed to solve
Spain's economic problems
a liberal constitutional monarchy
THE DEMOCRATIC SEXENNIUM (1868–1874)
three different phases
The constitutional monarchy
(1871 –1873)
The provisional government
(1868–1870)
The First Republic (1873–1874)
freedom of religion, and guaranteed
a range of other rights
called the Constituent Cortes
Constitution of 1869 was 19th-century
was the head of the government
King Amadeo I of Spain
Amadeo of Savoy, the
son of the Italian king
third Carlist War
(1872–1876) began
abdicated because he
faced opposition
Amadeo I abdicated
his was the first time that Spain
was not ruled by a monarch
various alternatives
centralised, or unitary, republic
federal republic
