He also sought to reestablish relations with the nations of Central America which had been shaken by the sovereign dispute over Chiapas. His term as foreign minister ended in July, 1836. He then traveled to Europe on his own account, and while in Madrid was designated Mexican ambassador to Great Britain, and tasked with lobbying against recognition of Texan independence and for British opposition to the American annexation of such. Regardless, he was never able to assume the role due to the tumultuous political situation in Mexico which was leading to rapid ministerial turnaround. He returned to Mexico in 1840 only to witness the Federalist Revolt of 1840 in which President Anastasio Bustamante was taken hostage in his residence by rebels. The crisis resulted in a week of devastating fighting in the capital, a refugee exodus out of the city, and notable damage to the National Palace. Monarchist Essay Bustamante would escape and triumph over the rebels afterwards inviting Estrada to assume once more the role of foreign minister, an invitation which he declined. Instead, in October, Estrada published an essay addressed to the president, in which he advocated that the nation ought to seek to organize a national convention tasked with exploring any means of resolving the national disorders which had convulsed the nation for two decades, including exploring the possibility of changing the form of government. Estrada was open about his own opinions that the republic had failed, and that Mexicans ought to invite a European prince, above Mexican partisan conflicts, to found a Mexican monarchy. He strongly criticized the notion that there was one ideal form of government for all nations and all circumstances and pointed out the troubles that liberals even in France were experiencing trying to set up republic in recent times. He also warned that the chaos Mexico was experiencing was inevitably leading to foreign intervention. He warned of a future American annexation of Mexico, and preferred to at least have the choice of selecting a foreign monarch who would have a vested interest in the success of Mexico. The Mexican government reacted to the pamphlet by characterizing it as treasonous and as an incitement to civil war. Multiple refutations were penned. The publisher was imprisoned, and Gutierrez Estrada was exiled to Europe. The Scottish wife of the Spanish ambassador in Mexico, Fanny Calderon who personally knew Estrada, recorded witnessing the reaction to the