Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic

Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic
Spanish territory
1861–1865
Flag
Capital		Santo Domingo
Languages		Spanish
Government		Monarchy
Queen
•	1861-1865	Isabella II of Spain
Captain General
•	1861-1862	Pedro Santana
•	1864-1865	José de la Gándara
History
•	Establishment	1861
•	Restoration of Dominican sovereignty	1865
Area
Currency		Santo Domingo peso, Spanish peso
Preceded by Succeeded by Dominican Republic Unification of Hispaniola Dominican Republic

In 1861 general Pedro Santana asked queen Isabella II of Spain to retake control of the Dominican Republic, after a period of only 17 years of independence. Spain, which had not come to terms with the loss of its American colonies 40 years earlier or so, accepted his proposal and made the country a colony again.

The end of the U.S. Civil War in 1865 and the re-assertion of the Monroe Doctrine by the United States (no longer involved in internal conflict and possessing enormously expanded and modernized military forces as a result of the war) prompted the evacuation of Spanish forces back to Cuba in that year.

Governors

1861-1865

• 1861-1862 Pedro Santana
• 1862-1863 Felipe Ribero y Lemoine
• 1863-1864 Carlos de Vargas
• 1864-1865 José de la Gándara