Compléter THE SIX REVOUTIONARY YEARS SPAINVersion en ligne Fiill in the gaps with the words given to understand this complex period par Ms Fernhill 1 1869 abdicated Amadeo Serrano Savoy rejected sides rights foreigner Prim A provisional government was formed and presided by , who called elections for a Constituent Parliament . This parliament passed the democratic Constitution of , which contained a declaration of and recognised universal male suffrage . The monarchy was maintained , and Spain ? s democratic Parliament elected of as a constitutional monarch in 1871 . Amadeo ? s election coincided with the assassination of his main backer , General . Amadeo I faced problems on all , and as a , he was by much of the population . In the face of opposition from monarchists , republicans and the Church , he in 1873 . 2 instability Catalonia restored Republic 1873 Basque four Cantonal Carlist rule pronunciamientos Cuba 1874 1876 states The First Spanish ( 1873 - 1874 ) The First Spanish Republic lasted from to , under different presidents . It faced numerous problems : ? The Revolution . Cantonalism was a radical version of federalism proposing the transformation of Spain into a federal republic made up of separate ( or cantons ) . From July 1873 , independent states were formed in Valencia , Cartagena and other regions . ? The Third War . Between 1872 and , there was a new Carlist uprising , which received support in Navarre , the Country and in some parts of . ? . Between 1868 and 1878 , Cuban rebels fought the first of three wars against Spanish . These events created a situation of great political . There were two in 1874 ; firstly , when Parliament was dissolved ; and secondly , when General Martínez Campos the Bourbon Dynasty .