 Complete the following phrase:  The mulatto landowner Buenaventura Báez emerged as one of the leaders of the Dominican War of Independence, and he failed in 1846 to convince France to establish a protectorate in the Dominican Republic. Báez went on to serve as President from 1849 to 1853 and from 1856 to 1858, and he launched a naval offensive against Haiti. The Dominican Navy attacked Haitian ports and ships in southern Haiti, effectively destroying the Haitian Navy. In 1861 Spain returned to the country, having struck a bargain with Dominican dictator Pedro Santana whereby the latter was granted several honorific titles and privileges, in exchange for annexing the young nation back to Spanish rule. The 