1874 Disestablishments - First Spanish Republic (Paperback)

Chapters: First Spanish Republic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The First Spanish Republic was the political regime that existed in Spain between the parliamentary proclamation on 11 February 1873 and 29 December 1874 when General Martinez Campos's pronouncement marked the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in Spain. The Republic's founding started with the abdication as King of Spain on 10 February 1873 of Amadeo I, following the Hidalgo Affair, when he had been required by the radical government to sign a decree against the artillery officers. The next day, 11 February the republic was declared by a parliamentary majority made up of radicals, republicans and democrats. The Republican leaders planned the establishment of a federal republic, but did not declare it immediately, and instead planned a Constituent Cortes to write a federal constitution. The radicals preferred a unitary republic, and once the republic had been declared the two parties turned against each other. Initially, the radicals were largely driven from power, joining those who had already been driven out by the revolution of 1868 or by the Carlist War. The first republican attempt in the history of Spain was a short experience, characterized by profound political and social instability and violence. The Republic was governed by four distinct presidentsEstanislao Figueras, Pi i Margall, Nicolas Salmeron, Emilio Castelar until, only eleven months after its proclamation, General Manuel Pavia led a coup d'etat and established a unified republic dominated by Francisco Serrano. The period was marked by three simultaneous civil wars: the Third Carlist War, the Cantonal Revolution, and the Ten Years' War in Cuba. The gravest problems for the consolidation of the regime were the l...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=70449