 Other Spanish Americans were moderates who decided to wait and see what would come out of the restoration of normalcy.In fact in areas of New Spain, Central America and Quito, governors found it expedient to leave the elected constitutional "ayuntamientos" in place for several years in order to prevent conflict with the local society.Liberals on both sides of the Atlantic, nevertheless, continued to conspire to bring back a constitutional monarchy, ultimately succeeding in 1820.