Spanish 2nd Republic

By AnxoMB

  • Start of the Second Spanish Republic

    The King Alfonso XIII left the country

  • The new Constitution is approved

    The new constitution included freedom of speech and association, the separation of Church and State, universal suffrage to women, and the right to divorce.

  • The women vote in the elections

    Clara Campoamor defended that women should have the right to vote, against Victoria Kent, that thougt that they shouldn't, at th end the women could vote and the right wing parties won the elections.
  • Period: to

    Conservative government

    The right wing parties won the elections and tried to eliminate all the reforms started in the previous period.

  • General Revolution

    There was a general revolution organised by
    anarchists and socialists. It was specially important in Catalonia, where they
    started an autonomist rebellion, and in Asturias, where the miners controlled the
    region for two weeks.

  • New elections were called

    Socialists, Communists, Catalan and Madrid-based left-wing Republicans decided to work together under the name Frente Popular. The answer of the right-wing parties was to join the Frente Nacional (coalition of CEDA, Carlists and Monarchists). The Frente Popular won the elections.

  • José Castillo’s murder

    The Lieutenant José Castillo, Guardia de Asalto and member of the Unión Militar Republicana Antifascista, was killed by Falangists

  • Outbreak of the Civil War

    The army uprising began in Morocco. It
    began as a pronunciamiento, but it resulted in the outbreak of a civil war.

  • End of the Republic

    The Republican forces surrendered to Nationalist forces in
    the Spanish Civil War.