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Pact of San Sebastián
Republicans and socialist meet in Saint Sebastian and agree to overthrow the monarchy and establish at democratic Republican regime. They create a revolutionary commented to coordinate the opposition -
The 1931 constitution
The victors where the party is forming the provisional government where PSOE and PRR They created a new constitution known as the 1931 constitution.
There were democratic and progressive features such as popular serenity division of powers declaration of civil rights and the declaration of collective rights.
This constitution also contain other future such as the freedom of worship then they stayed was allowed to take property from owners when acting in public interest. -
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Reformist biennium
Niceto Alcalá Zamora was the President of the Republic and Manuela Azaña was named president of the government.
Azaña's new government introduced our unity of ambitious reforms:
The statute of autonomy for Cataluña was passed,
The subordination of the army to the civil government let the military to withdraw in support for the Republic,
The jesuitas were expelled,
The agrarian reform was a key reform for the left wing sectors who wanted to relieve the suffering of landless labourers -
Municipal elections
The new constitutional government chosen by the king called the first free elections since Primo de Rivera's coup in 1921. Elections are municipal but everyone understands them to be as a referendum on the monarchy -
The proclamation of the second republic
The Republic is proclaimed. On the same day the revolutionary committee becomes the provisional Republican government of the second Spanish Republic. -
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The black biennium
Elections were held in November 1933.
This was the first time women could vote little left-wing parties were more divided than ever and then I kissed encourage people not to vote and the right wing Catholic parties were under the CEDA.
CEDA &PRR won the elections.
Th revolution of October 1934:
It was the strongest movement bi nationalist and Communist organisations involved some important bracings in Cataluña which cleared declared its self independent and in Asturias miners staged a revolt -
The popular front
New elections were called for February 1936.
Left all parties join together to form the popular front collation, they pushed the social reforms begun in 1931.
Support for the radical right win parties grew they were represented by Jose Calvo Sotelo.
The popular front won the elections of 1936 with an absolute Parliamentary majority they replaced Zamora with Azaña as president of the republic and Santiago Casares Quiroga was appointed as head of the government. -
The start of the civil war
The atmosphere was very tense in the Parliament but in the street violence between political actors groups was more warring with assassination and church arson.
On July 12 lieutenant Castillo was murdered by right wing government in revenge some of the castillo's colleagues kidnapped and killed the right wing deputy Calvo Sotelo the following day.
On the evening of 17th of July rebel soldiers in the Spanish protectorate of Morocco seized control of their garrisons