CHAPTER SIX: Toward Modernity: From the Napoleonic Invasion to Alfonso XIII
(MLO 3.1, 3.2; CLO II, III, IV)
3-5 detailed sentences, not vauge.
Read the questions carefully and answer each of them. Make sure that you give a comprehensive answer to each question and use complete sentences. Include clear details and use correct spelling and punctuation.
Please, include the number of each answer, or you will lose 5 points for not doing so.
For example: 1. What marriage marked the origin of a unified modern Spain?
Bad Example: 1. Isabel and Fernando’s marriage.
Good Example: 1. The marriage of Isabel of Castile and Fernando of Aragon marked the origin of a unified modern Spain. During their reign Spain became one of the most powerful empires in the world.
What steps did General Murat take to put down the urban rebellion in Madrid against the Napoleonic seizure of the Spanish throne in May 1808? How many Spaniards died during the rebellion’s two days of violence?
How did the “Peninsular War” earn its name?
Why did French soldiers once again invade Spain in 1823?
Six years of civil war ended in 1839. Name the agreements that ended the conflict. What were some of the provisions of those agreements?
Queen Isabel II married at the age of sixteen. Describe her personal life? How did constitutional monarchy limit her ability to do long-term damage to Spain?
Why did Amadeo I struggle as king of Spain before abdicating after just two years?
Why was the Spanish defeated in 1898 at the hands of the
