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besiege: surround a place in order to attack it. Bipartisian: involving
Two political parties. Caciquismo: undemocratic use of democratic power by
Local leaders. Cadiz Cortes: first national assembly in Spain to claim
Sovereignty. Camarillismo: the influence of a group on politics of a country
For personal gain, hidden from general public. Canton: independent division of
A country. Carlism: conservative of political movement in Spain that supported
Infante Carlos as king and defended absolutism. Carlist Wars:civil wars
Foughtin Spain between liberal supporters of Isabella II and Carlists. Census
Suffrage: right to vote given to only some people. Confessional state: country
That officially pratises a particular religion. Fueros: regional and local
Rights and privileges granted to a specific group of people. Guerrila warfare:
Type of irregular war in which armed civilians attack a regular army. Junta:
Local administrative boy in 19 century in Spain. National Militia: armed group
Of citizens that defended Constitution and opposed absolutism in Spain.
Pragmatic sanction: royal decree that has the force of law. Pronunciamiento:
Military revolt. Regent: person who administers a country because the monarch
Is minor, absent or ill. Salic Law: law that exclude women from the right to
Ingerit the throne. Secular: not religious. Spanish War Independence: military
Conflict from 1807 and 1814 between Napoleon's Empire and Spain, Portugal and
Britain. Treaty of paris: agreement signed in 1898 between USA and Spain. Turno
Pacifico: peaceful alternation of power between political parties.
Backwardness: behind others in development or progress. Barcelona Weavers
Association:the first trade union in Spain. Blast Furnace: a type of large
Industrial oven used in metallurgy. Emigration: act of leaving your home counry
To live in another. Industrial colony: a community of workers near a factory,
With housing and services.Ironworks: a factory where iron is produced or iron
Objects are made. Liberal land reform: a series of reforms that introduced
Capitalist forms of ownership and production. Ley Moyano: the first educational
Law in Spain, which introduced free compulsory education. Marxism: a social,
Political and economic theory based on Karl Marx’s writings. Minign : the act
Or industry of extracting minerals, usually underground. Modernism: a 19-
Century cultural movement that rejected tradition. Peseta: the official Spanish
Currency between 1869 and 31 December 2001. Private sector: business and
Industries that are not owned by the government. Rural exodus: population
Movement from the countryside to the city. Spanish General Worker’s Union
(UGT): a major Spanish trade union, affiliated with the PSOE. Stock exchange: a
Place or system which stocks are bought and sold. Trade union an organization
That defends the rights of people who work in a particular industry.