the osorio devastations signified the beginning of the strengthening of the hispanic military presence in hispaniola, since, to put the order into practice, the support of 159 soldiers from the garrison of san juan was requested from puerto rico. the terrible economic impact of the royal order eventually caused a change in the financing of hispaniola, transferring it from the viceroyalty of new spain to that of viceroyalty of peru. however, from the 1680s onwards, the growing threat of buccaneers as well as that of french forces meant that hispaniola and cuba became major recipients of economic resources from new spain, primarily for military purposes.