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The Royal Statute (1834)
The Royal Statute was promulgated in Spain on April 10, 1834 by the regent María Cristina de Borbón as a charter, like the one that governed the Monarchy of Louis XVIII in France. -
Heads of government: Mendizabal
He governed from September 25, 1835 to May 15, 1836. During his mandate the disentailment took place. -
Mendizabal Disentailment
The disentailment of Mendizábal consisted of the expropriation of ecclesiastical lands (called "dead hands", due to their unproductivity) and their public auction. These lands had come to the Church through donations, inheritances and abintestatos (successions of dead people without heirs). -
Heads of govermnt: José María Calatrava
He ruled from August 14, 1836 to August 18, 1837. He was of the progressive party. -
Differences moderate/progressives
The difference between the moderates and the progressives is that the main ideas of the moderates were: Catholic confessional state, strengthening of royal power and pure capitalism. On the other hand, the progressives mainly pursued personal freedom, often privileging it over economic and market freedom; therefore, they promoted reforms in the social, economic, political and institutional spheres. -
Constitution of 1837
The Constitution of 1837 was the result of the crisis of the Royal Statute, and survived with difficulty until its definitive repeal by the Constitution of 1845. The confrontation between moderates and progressives prevented the normal and calm application of the rules of the Royal Statute, which led to the Mutiny of the Sergeants of La Granja in August 1836, which forced the Regent Maria Cristina to restore the Cadiz Constitution of 1812. -
The Agreement of Vergara
The Agreement of Vergara, popularly known as Abrazo de Vergara, was a treaty signed in Oñate on August 31, 1839, between the Elizabethan general Espartero and thirteen representatives of the Carlist general Maroto, which put an end to the first Carlist war in northern Spain. -
Regency of Espartero
The regency of Espartero was the last period of the minority of Isabel II of Spain, so called because, after the triumph of the "revolution of 1840" that put an end to the regency of María Cristina de Borbón, mother of the future Queen Isabel II. -
Heads of goverment: Valentín Ferraz
He governed from August 12, 1840 to August 28, 1840. He was minister of war. -
Madoz’s disentailment
Madoz's disentailment was aimed at: reducing the Public Debt. protecting real estate as Historical and Artistic Heritage. selling the huge passive or static properties of the Church for the benefit of the creation of a more dynamic economy. -
Heads of government: O’Donell
He ruled from July 14, 1856 to July 10, 1866. While he was in power, the coup d'état and the progressive biennium took place. -
The Moyano Law
The Moyano Law meant to make education universal, compulsory and free: a plan for the creation of schools was designed, the support of schools and institutes and the payment of teachers' salaries became the responsibility of the municipalities or provinces. -
The Pact of Ostend
The Pact of Ostend was the agreement signed on August 16, 1866 in the Belgian city of Ostend by the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party, at the initiative of the progressive general Juan Prim, to overthrow the monarchy of Isabella II of Spain. This pact, which in early 1868 was joined by the Liberal Union, was the origin of "La Gloriosa", the revolution that in September 1868 deposed the Spanish queen.