Similarly, due to Ferdinand VII's brutal and dictatorial rule, his reign led Spain to lose the vast majority of its colonies in America, completely plunging from a mighty colonial empire into an abyss.
During the establishment of Ferdinand VII's dictatorship, constitutionalists and republicans within the army had once staged an uprising. Ferdinand VII directly surrendered to the army and openly swore allegiance to the liberal constitution before the constitution, but then reneged, using foreign forces to quell the domestic uprising.
After Napoleon's failed restoration, France restored the rule of the Bourbon family. Ferdinand VII, also of the Bourbon family, in order to ally with France, did not hesitate to use various means to deliberately weaken Spain's military, to reduce opposition forces within the army, and facilitate the French army's intervention in Spanish rebellions.
