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It was a rebellion by the citizens of Madrid against the French occupation, provoking the starting of the Independence War.
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The Spanish War of Independence, or Peninsular War, was a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal, caused by the French occupation in Spain. It began with the 2 de Mayo Uprising and finishedwith the promulgation of the Constitution.
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It was the first conflict between the French Army and the Spanish army, who were in inferiority. France was defeated and, because of this, Napoleon took it as an insult and decided to come personally to finish the conflict in Spain.
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The Spanish Constitution of 1812 was established the Cortes Generales in Cádiz. It established the principles of universal male suffrage, national sovereignty and constitutional monarchy between others.
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This treaty returned the throne of Spain to Fernando VII and it forced Spain to kick out the British troops and to maintain neutral during the war in exchange of their liberation from France.
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During this period, Spain was divided between those who supported the absolute monarchy and those who supported the constitution.
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Fernando was forced to accept the liberal Constitution of 1812, by the revolutionaries. This was the start of the second bourgeois revolution in Spain.
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It was an invasion by the Bourbon King of France, Louis XVIII, to restore the absolute monarchy of Ferdinand VII. Despite of the name, the army was composed by 60,000 soldiers.
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It was the third and last reign of Fernando VII. Most of the enlightened people emigrates to London and this decade was marked by the supression of his enemies.
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This battle was a French besiege to the fort of Trocadero, which controlled the acces of Cádiz. The French troops launched a surprise attack from the seaside and took the fort.
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After three weeks of constant bombing and siege, the Spanish forces in Cádiz were forced to surrender and King Fernando was handed over to the French.
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It was a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence. In this battle, where the Spanish army was defeated, Peru won his independence, leaving Cuba and Puerto Rico as the last colonies under Spanish control.
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This conflifc originated after the death of Fernando VII, between the followers of Infante Carlos (Fernando VII's brother) and the followers of Isabel II (Fernando VII's daughter). The main conflict centered on the Basque Country, Aragon and Catalonia. The victory was for Isabel II.
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Maria Cristina, Isabella's mother, acted as a Queen Regent during Isabella's childhood. She introduced the first changes to institute a Liberal system.
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Espartero governed until Isabel II turned 13 and is considered an adult, able to govern.
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Two parties appeared with the new system: the Moderate party, that believed that power should be shared by the Cortes and the Crown, and the Progressivists, who though that sovereignty should only be controlled by the Cortes.
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Sovereignity was shared between the crown and the Parliament; suffrage was extremely limited.
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It recognised national sovereignty; the Parliament was divided into two Chambers, the Senate and the Congress
