In Spain Philip V and Franciscan officials became immediately aroused. In the 17th century the Hapsburgs had worked out compromises in such cases, [Note 96: in 17th century Peru… Creoles alternated with Spaniards in the various significant provincial offices.] but the Bourbon monarch was more rigid and determined to assert peninsular superiority. Rather than attend to the complaints of the three friars by the usual methods—remonstrance and admonition—the king immediately arranged to send ten more Spanish friars to Saint Augustine. With the nine who had arrived in 1719, Philip V and the Franciscan Commissary General, Jose Sanz, created a block of peninsulars, which they undoubtedly hoped would be powerful enough to challenge the Creole majority and break their grip on the chapter. [Note 97: Consejo 6/25/1720. In 1722 Father Blas Pulido led a contingent of 18 Spanish friars to Cuba and Florida. Eight of these stayed in Cuba; ten went on to Florida.] (Tepaske GSF)