The Spanish generals are forced to call…

The Spanish generals are forced to call in civilian and radical support, which turns their pronunciamiento into a mild revolution.

Isabella survives only through the political timidity of Espartero, who had returned to Spain in 1849, living in retirement at Logroño.

Unprepared to accept the backing of the Democrats as the “George Washington of Spain”, he accepts an alliance with O'Donnell, who is determined to arrest the drift to radicalism.

O'Donnell, as minister of war, shares control of affairs with Espartero.

The Cortes confiscates Church lands.