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Carlos IV
Carlos IV was one of the worst kings that Spain has had in the history. He was married to his cousin Maria Luisa de Parma with 16 years old. His confidents mans were Floridablanca ( 1788-1792) , Aranda ( 1792- 1793 ) and Manuel Godoy ( 1793- 1808 ). His son Fernando VII was his sucesor.
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Manuel Godoy
He was a very polemic character, because they said that he became first minister for being with the queen. Manuel Godoy with 18 years was cleaning horses stables. With 26 years old he became first minister. He had a lot of enemies in the clergy and court, people of the village didn’t liked him. He was supporter of enlightened despotism.
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War of independence
1807 Napoleon and Godoy the sing the treaty of Fontainebleau. This treaty was for the Portugal distribution. This was a strategy for Napoleon to conquer Spain. The idea was that the French army was going to pass trough Spain, but instead the French army stayed in Spain. Napoleon calls to the royal family to Bayona. They sign the abdication of Bayona.The 2nd of march of 1808 Madrid decides
to raise against this situation
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Constitution of 1812
It was the first attempt to settle liberalism in Spain. They laid the foundations of liberalism. Inspiration of the French constitution of 1791 but more progressive and advanced. It was the main legislative work of the courts of Cadiz. The war of independence didn’t allow the application. Fernando VII abolished in 1814 -
Reign of Fernando VII
Frenado VII was the son of Carlos IV and Maria Luisa. He was the fourth in succession to the crown. Fernando VII was consider the worst king of the history of Spain. He married his niece Maria cristina de Borbón. Maria Cristina was pregnant with a girl, so Fernando VII before he died he changed the law. In 1830 his daughter, Isabel II was born and in 1833 he died and her daughter became the queen with 3 years.
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1814
Spain after the war they were in the misery. After this there was a lot of hopes in the new king, but it was a field. Fernando VII abolished the constitution and the reforms by the courts of Cadiz. He putted a cruel repression against French and liberals. -
absolutist six-year term
69 absolutist deputies from Valencia ask the king for the restoration of absolutism and the return of the old regime. In addition, they criticize the legislative work of Cádiz. Also, the savage repression against liberal ideas. And to finish the nation was derroten by the war. -
The creation of the liberal state in Spain
The creation of the liberal state in Spain was slow and complicated, with a lot of resistance of the church and nobility. This liberal state was led by the army ( troubled and violent ) . They where in a dire financial situation. In the middle of a lot of political changes, a lot of hits of states.
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Reign of Isabel II
The reign of Isabel II was between 1833 - 1868. And between this years ( 1844-1854) there was a decade call modern decade. In this period they made the constitution of 1845. In this constitution is established a shared sovereignty. The power of the king was increased. Is a confessional sate and the only religion admitted is the catholic one. The administration is centralised in the mayor and the public education controlled by the state .
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Liberal Union
The reign of Isabel II was between 1833 and 1868. In 1856 a new political party called “liberal union” was created. The lider of this political party was O’Donell. The new measure of the government was to retrieve the constitution moderated of 1845, they eliminated the national militia. This government didn’t last long.
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Moderantism
After this government, moderantism was imposed, during the years 1856- 1858. This was a new ideology very conservative. The principal of this government was General Narváez. This new government the looked for the balance of the king and parlament. They were very centralists, the tried to hold a good relationship with the church. The economic elite of the nation controlled the government’s.
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Phases of alternation of governments
1858-1863: new government of O’Donell and liberal union. This was the boom of railways. Then the foreign intervention, and war of Morocco ( Spanish victory ). Improvement and expansion of public administration.
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The democratic revolution
In this period was the time they exiled Isabel II, this was caused by military uprising. The causes were because the next reasons. The first one was because bad harvest season, this provoked the rise of bread and potatoes.
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Interim government
The head of government was general Serrano. They made a process of implantation of a new democracy. The first thing they made is free elections for the election of constituent courts ( all political parties take part ). And the second thing they made is a new constitution ( 1869 ), and the third and last thing was a new reform of government. The prim was Serrano. The prim was the new boss of the government. -
Presidents of the republic
After the abdication of the king there was a republic in which there were 4 presidents. The fist one was Figueras that lasted from February to June of 1873, he resigned. The second one was Pi I Margall that lasted from June to July of 1873, he resigned.The third one was Salmeron that lasted from July to September of 1873 and he resigned.And the last president of the first republic was Castelar that governed between September to January of 1874.
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The fist Spanish republic
After the king abdication it proclaimed the first republic. In the year 1873 it was a critic situation. The public state was broke, and at the same time there was the 3rd Carlist war in the north of Spain. Apart from this there was the problem of Cuba.
The republicans didn’t knew what tipe of the republic put in the government.