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case throughout most of Europe, which gave way from an agrarian economy to one of factories and industrialization. But Spain in the 19th and early 20th century was a country
of constant civil wars and failed quests for world domination. The 1800s opened with Napoleons conquest of this country, and closed 100 years later with Spain losing its entire colonial
empire in the Spanish-American War; the loss effectively stripped Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines from the country (Felix, 2007). The entire
century saw rulers rise and fall, a constitution established in 1837, the move from a monarchy to a republic and an uneasy peace (Felix, 2007). The first two decades of
the 20th century werent much kinder to this nation, as they were punctuated with anarchist uprisings and street fighting (Felix, 2007). The Restoration, which lasted until around 1923 (an ending
that coincided with the rise of fascism), ideally laid the groundwork for an eventual military coup by Francisco Franco. Monarchies still existed throughout
much of the 19th century despite the civil unrest throughout the country (Isabel II was named a monarch, which didnt end too well). The last "absolutist" king died (Isabel IIs
father) and the liberals started their revolution (Romero-Marin, 2001). The period between 1833 and 1836 saw the abolition of feudal property as well as the banning of compulsory artisans guilds
and, as we mentioned before, civil war against the Carlists, while church lands and monasteries were sold (Romero-Marin, 2001). Another huge change involved the change in legal rights - these
were not based on status or blood as they had been before the 19th century, but on individual property ownership (Romero-Marin, 2001). All of this took place in the early
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