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Timeline Second Spanish Republic

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  • The Pact of San Sebastian

    The Pact of San Sebastian
    Republicans and socialist agreed to overthrow the monarchy and establish a democratic republic regime, the Spanish federal party wasn't invited.
    They created the Revolutionary Committee and they called a general strike most of the memebers were arrested.
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    Reformist biennium

    Niceto Alcala Zamora was named as a president of the Republic and Manuel Azaña was named president of the government
    They did some new reforms like:
    The Statue of Autonomy for Cataluña was passed
    The subordination of the army
    The Jesuists were expelled
    The Agrarian reform
  • Municipal elections

    Municipal elections
    Were the first elections after the coup d`etat of Primo Ribera, they were municipal
    The monarchist won in general but the republicans get a partial win because they won in the large cities.
    Alfonso XIII leaves the country lead to the change of thinking of the urban classes
  • The proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic

    The proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic
    The second republic was proclaimed and the Revolutionary Committee becomes Provisional Republican Government
  • The Pact of San Sebastian

    The Pact of San Sebastian
    It was a pact between Republicans and socialist but the Spanish Federal Party didn't attend.
    They agreed to overthrow the monarchy and establish a democratic republican regime.
    They create a Revolutionary Committee to call a general strike most of the members were arrested
  • General Sanjurjo tries a coup d`etat

    General Sanjurjo tries a coup d`etat
    Was a failed when he tries to get the power
  • Occupied in Casas Viejas

    Occupied in Casas Viejas
    The anarchist revolt and occupied the land of Casas Viejas in Cadiz was repressed by the government was the break-up of the Reformist biennium
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    The black biennium

    Elections were held in November and was the first time woman could vote with some restrictions.
    The anarchists tried to convince people to don't go to vote
    CEDA and Partido Republicano Radical won the elections and Alejandro Lerroux was held as the leader
    Some revolts appeared in this period of time
  • Revolution of October

    Revolution of October
    It was continuous strikes by the nationalists, anarchists and communist organizations
    The two main uprisings were in Cataluña when they declared the independence of Spain and in Asturias when the army has to stop the revolts form the workers
  • The Popular Front

    The Popular Front
    New elections were called
    Left wings parties join together to create the Popular Front
    They grew a lot and were represented by Jose Calvo Sotelo and the Falange Española
    They won the elections with the 60%
    Azaña was replaced by Zamora and Santiago Casares was the head of the government
  • The start of the civil war

    The start of the civil war
    It was an atmosphere very tense between the different political parties with assassinations and church arson.
    They were killing each other in this period
    This event triggered the military coup led by General Emilio Mola under the leadership of Jose Sanjurjo, also was supported by Carlists and Fascist Falange
    The 17 of July it was a rebellion from the Spanish soldiers in Morocco