On 18 May 1869 the representatives of the federal-republican committees of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands signed the Federal Pact of Tortosa to work together in order to establish the Spanish Federal Republic, making it clear that they defend the unity of Spain [REF].
Two years later, during the First Spanish Republic, the proclamation of the Catalan State within the Spanish Federal Republic took place in Barcelona on 9 March of 1873.