Pedro Santana, despite his service to Spain,…

Pedro Santana, despite his service to Spain, finds his personal power and his ability to dole out patronage to his followers greatly restricted under Spanish rule.

In a fit of pique, he resigns the captaincy general in January 1862.

Resentment and rebellion continue, fed by racial tension, excessive taxation, the failure to stabilize the currency, the uncompensated requisition of supplies by the Spanish army, heavy-handed reform of local religious customs by an inflexible Spanish archbishop, and the restriction of trade to the benefit of the Spanish empire.