Question | Answer |
Popular uprising of May 2 in Madrid. («El levantamiento popular del dos de mayo de 1808 en Madrid» painted by Goya) | |
Executions of May 3rd. (Fusilamientos del 3 de mayo by Goya) | |
March 19 1812, First Spanish Constitution. It was a liberal text. (La promulgación de la Constitución de 1812, painted by Salvador Viniegra) | |
1788-1808 | Carlos IV (Fernando's father) (Portrait by Goya, 1789) |
1844-1833 | Fernando VII (Ferdinand VII in Court Dress by Goya, 1815) |
1804-1815 | Napoleon Bonaparte (The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David, 1812) |
1808-1813 | Jose I Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) (painted by François Gérard) |
1833 | Carlos de Borbón (Fernando's brother) wanted to return to an absolute monarchy, supported by the Absolutists in the Carlist War 1833-1840. (painted by Vicent López Portaña) |
1843-1868 | Isabel II supported by the liberals called Isabelinos, . (photo portrait by Jean Laurent, 1860) |
1833-1840 | First Carlist War 1833-1840 won by the Isabelinos. (Calderote- Primera Guerra Carlista painted by Ferrer Dalmau) |
1833-1840 Regency of Maria Cristina de Borbón | Maria Cristina de Borbón, Queen regent of Spain from 1833 to 1840. María Cristina of Bourbon was Queen Isabel’s mother and had to assume regency while her daughter was underage. (Portrait by Vicente López y Portaña, 1830) |
Carlist Flag | |
1840-1843 Regency of General Baldomero Espartero | Regency of General Baldomero Espartero (1840-1843). (painted by José María Casado del Alisal) |
1871-1873 | Amadeo I of Savoy (painted by Vicente Palmaroli) |
1873-1874 | First Spanish Republic 1873-1874 Allegory of the Spanish Republic, published in a satirical and liberal magazine. |
1874-1884 Restoration of the monarchy | Reign of Alfonso XII 1874-1885 |
1885-1902 Regency of Maria Cristina of Habsburg | She was Alfonso XII’s wife. When he died she had to rule as regent while her son Alfonso XIII was underage. (Photographical portrait by Christian Franzen) |
1902-1931 | Reign of Alfonso XIII 1902-1931 (photograph by Kaulak) |
1837 | It was also liberal and was approved with the support of Queen Maria Cristina of Bourbon. |
Constitution of 1869 | This constitution established a parliamentary monarchy. |
Constitution of 1876 (during the reign of Alfonso XII) | It was more conservative than the previous one and allowed alternating the two main political parties (Conservatives and Liberals). |
Regency | a period of time when a country is ruled by a regent, because the king or queen is too young or too ill. |
Republic | it is a governmental form in which there is no king. The head of state is the president of the republic. |
Parliamentary monarchy | a monarch reigns but does not rule the country. |
Absolutism | a system of government in which the king has absolute power. There is no constitution. |
Liberalism | a political philosophy that defended rights and liberties for citizens against absolutism. |
Moderate liberals | liberal political party during the reign of Isabel II. They defended conservative liberalism and approved the Constitution of 1845. |
Progressives | liberal political party during the reign of Isabel II. They wanted to bring greater liberties for more sectors of the population. |
Carlists | absolutist supporters of Infante Carlos, who claimed the throne after King Fernando VII died. |
A military coup | taking of government power, especially by part of an army |
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