Matching Pairs Spain XIXth. DefinitionsOnline version Spain in the XIXth century. Definitions by Gehistart Artgeo 1 Upper class 2 Amadeo I 3 4 Democrats 5 6 Middle class 7 Moderate Decade 8 Cantonalism 9 Pragmatic Sanction 10 Carlists 11 Liberal Union 12 Pact of Ostende 13 14 Lower class It was made up of civil servants, small business owners, military officers and liberal professionals (lawyers or journalist) This centrist political party held power alternately with the moderates between 1856 and 1868 Progressive general who had won victories against the Carlists. He was an authoritarian ruler They were favoured universal male suffrage They were peasants and workers (proletariat) He faced problems on all sides. In the faces or opposition from monarchist, republicans and the Church, he abdicated in 1873 He led a pronunciamiento against the moderate government (Vicalvarada) 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 Progressive, democrats and republicans signed it to overthrow Isabel II and make Spain a democratic country It was a radical version of federalism proposing the transformation of Spain into a federal republic made up of separate states It changed the law in favour of Isabel 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 Moderate general They were in favour of absolutism