Chapter 17

Question 1

Having total power.

Answer 1

Despotic

- Despotic rulers are often harsh and abusive.

Question 2

An official order from the government or a person with authority.

Answer 2

Edict

Question 3

A group of European rulers who signed a pact in 1815 to defend Christianity and the absolute monarchy.

Answer 3

Holy Alliance

Question 4

The right to vote in elections.

Answer 4

Suffrage

Question 5

An organization of the Roman Catholic Church during the middle ages that persecuted and punished people who did not accept its belief and practices.

Answer 5

Inquisition

Question 6

A person who reigns in place of a monarch who is too young, sick, disabled, or absent.

Answer 6

Regent

Question 7

A 3-year term or period.

Answer 7

Triennium

Question 8

_____ returned to ___in ____,after being _____ by _____

Answer 8

Ferdinard VII; power; 1814; imprisoned; Napoleon

Question 9

He restored the _____ _____ instead of keeping a _______ ______, there was a strong opposition, especially from the colonies- ____ & ____

Answer 9

Absolute Monarch; Constitutional Monarchy; Cuba; Puerto Rico

Question 10

Export ____ and ____ kept the _____ _____ alive.

Answer 10

Agriculture; Slavery; colonial; system

Question 11

King _____ was ____ to ______ the ______ of ____

Answer 11

Ferdinard; forced; restore; Constitution; 1812

Question 12

Restoring the Constitution of 1812 led to changes for P.R.

It called for the distribution of ____, _____ the _____ _____, and included ____ & _____ as province of ____

Answer 12

1) Direct participation in the Spanish Parliament
2) Possibility of electing a provincial council
3) Possibility of electing municipal officials

4) Separation of civil and military government
- It also instituted for men, free press, and free speech.

-Land;abolished; Inquisition; tribunal;P.R.; Cuba; Spain

Question 13

A second ____ _____ began for ______.
+Liberal Triennium ____.During this period the ____ did not have _____ _____.

-His ____ was ____ by the _____ and ______.

Answer 13

constitutional; period; (1820-1823); Spain king; absolute; authority

-power; limited; constitution; parliament

    =Constitutional Monarchy

Question 14

In ____ _____ the governor____ had ____, ____, and _____ ______.

He had the _____ ______ and would, sometimes, rule in a ____ manner (not allowing citizens to participate in political decisions.

Answer 14

Puerto Rico; (a.k.a. Capitan General); political; military; judicial; power.

-highest; authority; despotic

Question 15

When the _____ _____ ended the reforms in P.R. did too.

Answer 15

Liberal Triennium

Question 16

______ became governor_____. They called his regime ______ (____) but also the three___ (______, _____,and _____).

His theory was: “A ____ that ____ (____) does not ___.

However, he also _____, ______, _____, and_____ _____.

He______ the ____and ____ small ____ to pay their _____ or have their _____ ______ and ______ over to _____.

Under his _____ ______ ______ (___ ____) was ______ and _____ by a ____ ____,

Answer 16

Miguel de la Torre; (1823-1837); quincenario; 15 years; D’s; (Dancing, drinking, and dice)

• nation; revels;(parties); rebel.
• persecuted; imprisoned;exiled; executed; separatist.
• reorganized, army, ordered, landowners, debts, lands, confiscated,handed, merchants.
• command; Roberto Cofresi; (the pirate); captured; executed; firing; squad.

Question 17

During the ____ ____ of the ____ ____ the islands ____ _____ were dealing with _____ _____.

Why?

1)
2)
3)

Answer 17

first;half;19th;century; colonial; official; labor; shortage.

1) Family Farm
2) Sharecropping (tenant farming system)
3) Abundance of unclaimed or vacant lands.

Question 18

The ____ responded by _____ a ____ of ____ _____.

Soon, _____ and ____ owned most of the land, widening the gap between the ______ and the _____.

Answer 18

government; creating; system; paid; labor

-planters; businessmen; wealthy; poor.