The Beginning of the Contemporary Age
A period of history. It began in 1789 with the French Revolution and continues today.
Contemporary Age
This person immediately changed and threw out the Constitution of Cádiz, turning the country to an absolute monarchy.
Fernando VII
Beginning in 18th century United Kingdom, it transformed the way products were made.
Industrial Revolution
The social class made up of small business owners, civil servants, and professionals.
middle class
Developed in the 19th century, they kept people up to date about the latest current events.
Journalism
Military leader who declared himself emperor of France in 1804
Napoleon Bonaparte
The new political system established by Isabel II.
Constitutional Monarchy
A large building with machines where products are made.
factory
A way that we classify people based on wealth.
social classes
A cultural movement where emotions were emphasized and paintings were colorful.
Romanticism
The system of laws of a country that establishes the citizens' rights and freedoms.
One was written at the beginning of the French Revolution placing power in the hands of the citizens.
This group of liberals wanted to limit Queen Isabel's power.
progressives
An organization of workers formed to protect their rights and interests, and to improve their working conditions
labour union
A word used to describe the first feminists. They supported women's right to vote.
suffragettes
The amount of people who were able to read in Spain by the middle of the 19th century
10 in 100 (1 in 10)
To formally end a law or practice.
This was done to the feudal system and people were declared all equal.
abolish(ed)
Son of Isabel II who created a new constitutional monarchy in 1876 when they became king.
Alfonso XII
Created in the early 19th century to help transport things via land. The first of these connected Barcelona and Mataró.
One of the most important advances in the 19th century was the invention of this.
vaccines
A cultural movement in the 19th century that represented reality as it is.
Realism
An uprising in Madrid, rejecting the new King of Spain caused the beginning of this.
War of Independence
The amount of time The First Spanish Republic lasted before getting overthrown in a military uprising restoring the monarchy.
less than a year
This sector was strong in Madrid.
Service sector
These neighborhoods had no modern comforts and families lived in tiny houses without running water or electricity.
Lower-class neighborhoods
A new type of architecture including wavy buildings based on nature.
modernism