Alfonso XII’s early death left his son, Alfonso, as heir to the throne. His mother, María Cristina, ruled as regent until the young Alfonso turned sixteen in the year....

In that year, Alfonso, the son of Alfonso XII, became the king.... (name of the King)

During the MAria Cristina's regency period, Spain lost its remaining colonies, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and suffered heavy defeats in Morocco and violent rioting in Barcelona. (rioting = TUMULTOs, ALBOROTOS,... como está pasando ahora)

Then, the General .... organized a new coup d'état.

Alfonso XIII supported Primo de Rivera who became a DICTATOR (Alfonso XIII apoyó el golpe de estado que quitó el gobierno y la constitución. Primo de Rivera se convirtió en un dictador)

Primo de Rivera was a dictator from the year .... to the year .... (write the answer as: year-year. Example: 2007-2018)

Unfortunately under Primo de Rivera Spain went bankrupt under his rule. Eventually, even the army stopped supporting him and Alfonso XIII forced him to resign.

(Desgraciadamente con Primo de Rivera España se arruinó (se quedó en bancarrota). Así que al final, ni el ejército le apoyaba y Alfonso XIII acabó haciéndole dimitir.

After Alfonso XIII, made Primo de Rivera resign (le hizo dimitir), even though Alfonso XIII tried to re-establish a non-dictatorship form of government, people no longer trusted him

And because people no longer trusted Alfonso XIII, the ..... won the elections

in the year....

And then in that year (1931) the MONARCHY WAS ABOLISHED AND THE .... WAS DECLARED

and lasted until the year .....

which was the year in which the ....... ended

(Civil War) The General.... led a military takeover of the Republic (El General - escribe el nombre y apellido - lideró la toma de control de la república)

On the 18th of July of the year ....

Beginning the SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Spain was divided into two sides:

- The supporters of the Republic: .... (write their name)

- The supporters of General Franco: .... (write their name)

The war officially ended the 11th of April of .... (year)

and the winners were the ....

Isabel II ruled from the year ....

to the year...

Her government was dominated by two military politicians. The name of the first one was...(Pon tildes en el nombre o te lo contará como mal)

and (write the name of the second military politician. Remember to write the ´ character at the last name)...

When those military politicians died the government became too weak to continue (el gobierno se debilitó mucho para continuar).

Then one General sent sent the Queen Isabel II into exile and started looking for a new monarch to take over. (Entonces un general envió a la reina Isabel II al exilio y empezó a buscar un nuevo rey). The name of this General was...

It took General Juan Prim .... years to find someone who accepted the Spanish throne (write how many years)

The one who accepted was the Italian Duke of Aosta (el Duque de Aosta) whose name was....

He accepted under pressure of his father (el padre de Amadeo le presionó para que aceptara).

AMADEO I de SABOYA's reign started badly when his supporter General Juan Prim was.... (El reino de Amadeo I de Saboya comenzó mal cuando al General Prim fue...)?

Amadeo I de Saboya's reign started in (year)...

And he came back to Italy unable to cope with the problems in Spain in the year...

The problems that King Amadeo had to deal with were: Violent conflicts between different political parties

, the Cuban revolution, and in the Basque Country and Catalan regions rebellions by the ....

(Remember that the Carlists were the ones who had wanted that the succesor to Fernando VII were his brother Carlos, instead of Isabel II)

On 11 February 1873, Spain became a republic, but the period of political and social instability continued. The republic lasted only... (write how many months it lasted)

And in those months, there were .... different presidents!!! (how many presidents)

Also in 1873, Three simultaneous .... broke out in Spain!!!!!

The 3rd of January of 1874, the General ...

mounted a coup d'état (un GOLPE DE ESTADO) which led to the end of the republic

After the coup d'ètat of the General MANUEL PAVIA, the political parties were not able to work toguether

and support for .... (the son of Isabel II) grew.

(El apoyo a Alfonso, el hijo de Isabel II creció en ESpaña).

Then the General ..... restored the monarchy (el General .... restauró la monarquía -> trajo de nuevo un rey a España)

And the new king of Spain (the son of Isabel II) was named:....

During Alfonso XII’s reign, which started in the year ...... there were minor conflicts, but there was less violence than in previous years.

Alfonso XII ruled as a .... monarch

which means that he was not a dictator and there was a Constitution...

He reigned under the Constitution of the year ....

Even though Alfonso XII was a young and inexperienced king, he was very popular.

Under his reign, there was a new political system, called the ....

In the turno pacífico, only 2 political parties were permitted, one was the L....

and the other, the ....