Primary project Comunidad de Madrid. History for kids. Spanish History. 6th grade. Cataluña uprising.

1. ALFONSO XIII AND THE SECOND
REPUBLIC

2. Alfonso XII died in 1885
at the age of 27. Her wife,
María Cristina, was
pregnant when he died,
so the next king would be
Alfonso XIII.

3. Alfonso XIII was born in 1886, one year after his
father's death. So he was a posthumous son.

4. His mother María Cristina became the Regent
Queen until he was 16. It was in 1902.

5. During María Cristina's regency and Alfonso
XIII's reign there was a period of instability due
to these reasons:
- The disaster of 1898
- War in north Africa (Morocco).
- Bloody rioting in Barcelona.
- Problems with the working class.

6. 1. The disaster of 1898. Spain lost its colonies in
Puerto Rico, Cuba and Philippines.

8. 2. War in Africa. The colonies from the North Africa
wanted to be independent from Spain and France.

9. 3. Uprisings in Barcelona. This was called “The Tragic Week”. A
lot of people from Barcelona were sent to the war of North
Africa. The people and their families were unhappy with this,
so they protested against the government. This led to a bloody
rioting that lasted one week, where many people died.

10. 4. The working class, especially the factory
workers and peasants were still very poor.

11. All these problems made Primo de Rivera organise a
coup. A coup is when a group of soldiers “steal” the
power to the people and become the leaders without
having been voted by them.

12. Primo de Rivera was the dictator from
1923 to 1930.

13. Alfonso XIII supported his coup but he was forced to leave
the government as he was unable to solve any of the
problems of Spain.

14. Alfonso XIII was the king again in 1930.

15. People were unhappy with Alfonso XIII
because he was considered a traitor.

16. In the elections of 1931, the republicans
defeated the people that wanted the monarchy,
so the Second Republic was proclaimed.

17. Alfonso XIII was sent to exile.