Editing Isabella II (section)

=== Progressive biennium ===
{{Main|Bienio progresista}}
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Espartero entered the capital of Spain on 28 July,{{Sfn|Cambronero|1908|p=192}} and proceeded to separate again Isabella from the influence of María Christina.{{Sfn|Cambronero|1908|p=194}} In any case, though Isabella accepted advice from María Christina, she was not characterised for displaying a profound filial love towards her mother.{{Sfn|Cambronero|1908|p=194}}

By virtue of a royal decree, the port of [[Iloilo City|Iloílo]] in then-[[Captaincy General of the Philippines|Spanish Philippines]] was opened to world trade on 29 September 1855, mainly to export sugar and other products to America, Australia and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gracianolopezjaena.org/port_of_iloilo.html |author=Demy Sonza |title=The Port of Iloilo: 1855–2005 |work=Graciano Lopez-Jaena Life and Works and Iloilo History Online Resource|publisher=Dr. Graciano Lopez-Jaena (DGLJ) Foundation, Inc.|url-status=usurped |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160119170507/http://www.gracianolopezjaena.org/port_of_iloilo.html |archive-date=2016-01-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/07/21/iloilos.position.under.colonial.rule.html |author=Henry Funtecha |title=Iloilo's position under colonial rule |publisher=thenewstoday.info}}</ref>

A [[Spanish Draft Constitution of 1856|Liberal Constitution]] ("the Unborn One") was drafted in 1856, yet it was never enacted as the counter-revolutionary coup by O'Donnell seized power.