The Revolution of the Lances ends after…

The agreement gives the Blancos a share in the emoluments and functions of government, through control of four of the departments of Uruguay.

This establishment of the policy of co-participation represents the search for a new formula of compromise, based on the coexistence of the party in power and the party in opposition.

Colorado party figure Tomás Gomensoro Albín, President of the Senate of Uruguay from 1871 to 1872, serves as interim President of Uruguay.

Uruguay’s constitutional government under General Lorenzo Batlle y Grau had failed because of the preexisting monetary crisis.

His attempts to control the country had resulted an insurrection led by the National Party.