The letter stipulated that Velasco was to remain in charge of the viceregal government until his actual departure from the colony.
Domínguez occupied various positions in the treasury office and in other offices of the viceregal government.
He sent the compilation to the viceregal government.
Citizens loyal to the viceregal government were seized and executed.
He was freed under a general amnesty, even though he refused to give his word that he would not fight again against the viceregal government.
The viceregal government justified this by religious means.
He argued that the colony was too poor to support viceregal government, there being few Spaniards and many Indians within its borders.
In 1821, after the fall of the viceregal government, he joined with Agustín de Iturbide, who became a personal friend.
However, one year later, with the support of an auditor named Bataller and staunch monarchists in the viceregal government, these charges were withdrawn.
Yet the changes they brought were deep enough to produce a crisis in the viceregal government, as they transformed its structure and functions.