Iberian Politics
Royal dynasty that governed Portugal for most of the long nineteenth century.
House of Braganza
The author and year of publication of the famous anticlerical play Electra?
Benito Pérez Galdós, 1901
One of the major causes underlying the revolution of 1836 in Portugal
Chronic unemployment
"Here we import everything, ideas, laws, philosophies, theories, plots, aesthetics, sciences, style, industries, fashions, manners, jokes, everything arrives in crates by steamship.”
Eça de Queirós, from ‘The Maias,’ 1888
Nick name of the famous leader of the independence rebellion of 1789 in Brazil.
Silva Xavier, The Tiradentes
Mention at least two policies implemented by the Bourbon under Charles III
Economic liberalisation
Promotion or arts and culture
Centralisation of government
Expulsion of the Jesuits
Name two Spanish romantic writers who avoided the political aspects of romanticism.
Duque de Rivas and José Zorilla
Name two major economic causes behind the rebellion of 1846 in Portugal.
Enclosing land and registering its ownership.
“Wretched Castile, once supreme, now forlorn, wrapping herself in rags, closes her mind in scorn.”
Antonio Machado
This engineer was the leader of the modernization projects in Portugal
Fontes Pereira de Melo
Political process characterized by economic liberalisation and centralisation of political power.
Enlightened absolutism
Nickname of a woman revolutionary leader of the Revolution of 1846 in Portugal.
Mary by the Fountain
Exporting these products aided Spain's economic growth in the second half of the XIX.
Textiles, wine and minerals.
"I don't need to forgive my enemies — I have had them all shot."
Ramón María Narváez
What do the three revolutions that took place in Spain during the long nineteenth century have in common?
They aim to replace a feudal-absolutist regime with a constitutional monarchy.
Which political practice of the period reflects the politisation of the army and the weakness of political parties?
Pronunciamientos
Republicans in Portugal make this poet their patriotic hero.
Luís Vaz de Camões
What event did mark the transformation of Barcelona into a major European city?
The Universal Exhibition of 1888.
“We were faced with a terrible dilemma: war with all its consequences or dishonour, and dishonour would have meant the end of everything and of us all.”
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Prime Minister of Portugal
Massive migration.
Mention one of the two more important political tools used during the restoration regime to keep Spain stable and united?
Turno Pacifico and caciquismo.
Declaim, in Spanish, the famous lines of the poem expressing the idea of the two Spains.
Ya hay un español que quiere
vivir y a vivir empieza,
entre una España que muere
y otra España que bosteza.
Industrial development in Spain was concentrated in these two areas.
Catalonia and the Basque region.
"Far be from us, Sire, the dangerous novelty of thinking."
Rector of the University of Cervera
Two crucial events that prevented Portugal to keep a transcontinental empire in Africa.
The intervention of Belgium in Congo
The foundation of the British Colony Cape in South Africa