2- The making of the liberal state By itzelmerchan1 Period: 1833 to 1843 1. THE YOUNG AGE OF ISABEL II: THE REGENTS Period: 1833 to 1840 Regency of his mother Mª Cristina Period: 1840 to 1843 Viceroyalty (regency) of Espartero Period: 1844 to 1854 Moderate Decade Period: 1844 to 1868 2. THE REIGN OF ISABEL II Period: 1854 to 1856 Biennial Progressive Period: 1856 to 1868 Liberal Union and modernism Period: 1868 to 1875 3. THE REVOLUTIONARY SIX-YEAR TERM