Relier Pairs Spain XIXth. DefinitionsVersion en ligne Spain in the XIXth century. Definitions par Gehistart Artgeo 1 Moderate Decade 2 Pragmatic Sanction 3 4 Upper class 5 Pact of Ostende 6 Liberal Union 7 Amadeo I 8 Democrats 9 Carlists 10 Cantonalism 11 12 13 Lower class 14 Middle class This centrist political party held power alternately with the moderates between 1856 and 1868 The state was centralised. The new civil and penal codes and taxes reforms unified laws and taxes in all Spanish territory. The government controlled provinces and appointed mayors directly in large cities It was made up of the aristocracy and the high bougeoisie. In Spain the lack of economy meant that the bourgeoisie was less prominent than in industrial societies They were in favour of absolutism Moderate general It was made up of civil servants, small business owners, military officers and liberal professionals (lawyers or journalist) He led a pronunciamiento against the moderate government (Vicalvarada) It was a radical version of federalism proposing the transformation of Spain into a federal republic made up of separate states Progressive general who had won victories against the Carlists. He was an authoritarian ruler They were favoured universal male suffrage Progressive, democrats and republicans signed it to overthrow Isabel II and make Spain a democratic country They were peasants and workers (proletariat) It changed the law in favour of Isabel He faced problems on all sides. In the faces or opposition from monarchist, republicans and the Church, he abdicated in 1873