Isabella II had the power because her father, Ferdinand VII proclaimed Pragmatic Sanction, that law replaced the Salic Law, which had excused the females from the line of soccession.
With the Pragmatic Sanction, the Ferdinand VII's brother, Carlos didn't have the throne.
Then the three Carlist Wars started, the Carlists supported Carlos And the Liberals supported Isabella.
Isabella and the liberals won the three Carlist Wars, and Isabella led a liberal constitutional monarchy, because the liberals supported her.
When Isabella reched the age of majority, 13 years old, she had to deal with a number of political problems.
New political parties emerged and proposed a change:
-The Democratic party, which demanded universal manhood suffrage.
-The Republican party, which wanted to establish a republic.
During Isabella's reign, Spain was devided into rpovinces, the Civil Guard was founded and the Ministry of Public Works was created.
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