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Reing of isabell II
On the death of Fernando VII on September 29, 1833, his wife, María Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias assumed the Regency with the support of the Liberals and, on behalf of his daughter and future queen, Isabel II. It will occupy the Regency until 1840 when it was replaced by General Baldomero Espartero. -
1st Carlist War
Carlos María Isidro, did not recognize Isabel as Princess of Asturias and when Fernando died on September 29, 1833, Isabel was proclaimed queen under the regency of her mother. María Cristina de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, and Carlos in the Abrantes Manifesto maintained their dynastic rights, leading the country to the First Carlist War. -
Royal Statute 1834
El 10 de abril de 1834 se promulga el Estatuto Real a modo de carta otorgada que pretende superar la norma fundamental anterior de 1812 y contentar a liberales y moderados. -
Mendizabal Desentaiment
Process for which J.A.Mendizábal stands out and has a great social impact at the time. Through this he intended to appease debts, finance the war, increase agricultural production by selling and dispossessing "dead lands" and support loan requests abroad to finance liberal development projects. -
Mendizábal and the ecclesiastical confiscation
Mendizábal's cabinet found itself with a Treasury practically without funds, and before a (Carlist) war from which it was necessary to turn it around. To obtain funds, the confiscation of ecclesiastical assets of the clergy was approved. -
Statement from the Sergeants of La Granja
August 12, 1836, the rebellion of the sergeants against the Regent Queen Maria Cristina took place; It is the famous Mutiny of the Farm. The Regent found herself on a summer vacation at the Palacio de la Granja de San Ildefonso, when a group of sergeants from the 2nd Regiment of the Royal Guard, after entering the royal apartments, threatened her to restore the "pepa", the constitution of 1812 and was repealed by the Royal Statute of 1834. The Queen Regent agreed, giving way to the Progressives -
Progressive Government
After these events, the new Prime Minister was José María Calatrava. He promoted a social policy that will be approved by the first law in Spain that regulated and recognized freedom of the press. But the most important task was the adaptation of the Constitution of 1812 to the new reality (as the Regent had promised by Royal Decree during the Mutiny of the Farm) with the approval of the Constitution of 1837. -
Constitution of 1837
The Spanish Constitution of 1837 remained in force from 1837 to 1845. His main legacy was to recover the most progressive measures of the Constitution of 1812 and leave in Spain the feeling of service of a constitution that established the political system of the State. -
Espartero Regency
General Espartero becomes the main character of progressive liberalism after having obtained several resounding victories over the Carlists and achieving the end of the war with the Embrace of Vergara (1839).
In 1840 he obtained the Head of Government. In this position he will have constant confrontations with the Regent that will end with the resignation of María Cristina to the regency (1840). The Cortes then appointed Espartero Regent until the majority of Isabel II (1843). -
General O'Donell Statement
The pronouncements took place from October 1841, when O'Donnell rose up in Pamplona and other generals in Zaragoza and the Basque Country, while civil uprisings of a republican nature took place, most of them in the big cities. They were controlled by Espartero -
General Narváez Statement
It caused the fall of Espartero and the advancement of the coming of age of Isabel II. In 1844 the government of the Moderate Party (Moderate Decade 1844-1854) begins. -
Madoz desentaiment
It was carried out by the Minister of Finance Pascual Madoz, as part of the reform program of the government of the Progressive Biennium (1954-56). It established the sale of all rural and urban properties belonging to the State, the Church, the Municipalities' own and common properties and, in general, all assets that remained amortized. The objective was to reduce the debt, clean up the Treasury and finance public works. -
Moderate Governments
This period was dominated by instability. After a brief government of O'Donell, the queen called the moderates, who, led by Narváez, ruled until 1858. In 1858 the government of the Liberal Union of 0'Donell begins until 1863. Between 1863 and 1868, the authoritarian situation of successive governments increased opposition to the Elizabethan regime. This caused the Glorious Revolution of 1868 and the fall of Isabella II. -
Moyano Law
The universality of primary education and generalised access to secondary education. Provide a longer period of schooling.