1. The crisis of the Restauration
The Decline of the Monarchy(1917-1923)
•There are a lot of social conflicts and it is characterized by political instability in this period
•Living is very difficult in that years
Governments of Concentration
•Between 1917 and 1923 there have been thirteen different governments but none of which were able to stabilize
the system
•All of this was accompanied by a strong social conflict.
Social Conflict
•The syndicates and left-wing political groups radicalized their positions and were the forces behind worker protest and
demonstrations.
•El trienio bolchevique in the Andalusian camp (1918-1920)laborers occupied and distributed land, and their strikes
began to paralyze the harvests.
•There were a lot of violence because of the radical positions of the workers and armed counter-revolutionary groups
that terrorized and assassinated workers “El pistolerismo”
The Defeat of Annual
•In 1921 , in Annual , the Spanish army suffered a spectacualr defeat and more than 12.000 soldiers died.
•After this desaster , the left-wing opposition asked for an investigation to determine who was responsible for the
defeat.

2. The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
In 1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera
with the consent of Alfonso XIII
and the support of workers led a
Measures:
coup d´etat that gave rise to
military dictatorship inspired by
Italian fascism
1-He suspended the Mancomunidad
He justified the military takeover by de Cataluña and all public
arguing that the parliamentary and expressions of Catalanism.
constitutional systems were
2-He exercised repressive control
discredited and therefore incapable
over intellectuals , university
of guaranteeing social order and
proffesors…
putting stop the social revolution
The new regime established a
military dictatorship ,suspended the 3-He finished the Moroccan conflict
Constitution, dissolved the
Parliament and prohibit political 4-The 29th crisis and its
parties and syndicates and repercussions finished the
established a strict censorship of dictatorship
press