A new, liberal Spanish constitution had been…

A new, liberal Spanish constitution had been proclaimed on June 6, 1869.

The generals are determined to keep the leadership of the revolution in their own hands by channeling it into a constitutional monarchy.

Although they had to concede universal male suffrage in the Constitution of 1869, they ruthlessly suppress republican risings in the summer of this year.

Serrano becomes Regent, and Prim the head of the government on June 15.

Prim proceeds to search for a suitable constitutional monarch for the nation.

He is opposed by adherents of Isabella's eleven-year-old son Alfonso de Borbón and advocates of a republic.