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The pact of San Sebastian
Republicans and socialist meet in San Sebastian and agree to overthrow the monarchy and establish a democratic republican regime -
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Reformist biennium
Niceto Alcála Zamora was named president of the Republic and Manuel Azaña was named president of the goverment
Azaña´s new cabinet introduced a variety of ambitious reforms
1. The statute of Autonomy for Cataluña
2. The subordination of the army
3. The jesuits were expelled
4. The Agrarian reform -
Municipal elections
The new constitutional goverment chosen by the king call the first free elections since Primo de Rivera´s coup in 1921 -
The Proclamation of the Second Spanish republic
The republic is proclaimed. On that same day the revolutionary committe becomes Provisional Republic Government -
The 1931 Constitution
The constituent Assembly elections were held to choose the drafters of the new Republican Constitution -
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The black biennium
This was the first time women could vote. CEDA and Partido Republicano Radial won the election. Alejandro Lerroux was in charge of forming the forming the goverment. Some leaders of PSOE like Francisco Largo Caballero -
The revolution of October
Cataluña: declared itself independent. It response, that Generalitat was dissolved and the president Lluís Companys was arrested
Asturias: the miners staged an armed revolt -
The Popular Front
The left wing parties joined together to form the popular Front coalition.
Support for the radicals right-wingparties grew led by Jose Calvo Sotelo and tthe falange española a fascist party created by Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera.
Spanish Army officiers began plotting to overthrow the goverment -
The start of the civil war
On 12 july Lieutenant Castillo a member of the goverment´s guards and a socialist sympathiser, was murdered by right wing gunmen and for revenge they killed Calvo Sotelo
General Emilio Mola was charge of organising the rebellion.
And on 17 july rebel soldiers in the Spanish protectorate of Morocco seized control and in a few day the civil war started
