Siglo XX

  • Alfonso XIII

    Alfonso XIII

    He starts his difficult reign due to the crisis triggered by the disaster of 1898.
  • Republicans

    they founded the Republican Union, and the Radical party supported by the Catalan workers.
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    WWI

    This war happened in Europe, although Spain remained neutral and only helped other countries.
  • Primo de Rivera

    Primo de Rivera

    there was a coup d´etat organised by Primo de Rivera that had monarchical and military support.
  • Pact of San Sebastian

    members of the oposition signed this pact demanding democratic elections after the resignation of Primo de Rivera.
  • Second Republic

    after the end of Primos´s dictatorship, there were elections to chose between a monarchy and a republic, and the seconc one won.
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    Conservative Bienium

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    Popular Front

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    Civil War

    It was a polarisation between the people that wanted Spain to become a democracy and the others that wanted it to stay like it was.
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    Franco´s dictatorship

    it was a military offensive from various points of Spain that also triggered a civil war.
  • United Nations

    Spain enters the UN after remaining neutral in the WWII
  • Juan Carlos I

    Juan Carlos I

    When Franco dies, its dictatorship ends and starts the reign of Juan Carlos the first.
  • Transition to Democracy

    AFter the crowning of Juan Carlos, Spain becomes a Democracy, where the power is in the citizens hands.
  • Constitution

    Constitution

    A spanish constitution is approved in a referendum. It defines Spain as a social and democratic state of law, it declares that the sovereignthy belongs to the people, and recognises the separation of poers: legislative, judicial and executive.
  • Elections

    after this elections, the UCD and the Popular alliance (PP) became the main opposition and there was a shift in the political power.