This was not lost on the Spanish settlers in Angra do Heroísmo, who had become a privileged class during the Union, and which made it difficult for them to remain after 1640, when Portuguese sovereignty was restored.
Isto non pasou desapercibido para os colonos españois en Angra do Heroísmo, que se converteu nunha clase privilexiada durante a Unión, e que lles dificultou a súa permanencia logo de 1640, cando a soberanía portuguesa foi restaurada.