Charles of Austria notified the evacuation of the Habsburg troops to the members of the Generalitat, concluding that continuing the war would only cause useless bloodbath which would have no more result for Catalonia than its total and absolute destruction, in the face of which he induced them to accept the "General Pardon to the Catalans" promulgated by Philip V. A few days later the empress left Barcelona and on June 22, 1713, the representatives of Philip and Charles signed the "Hospitalet Convention", which ended the War of Succession in Spanish territory without guarantee the maintenance of the Constitutions of Catalonia.

But a radical faction of the Catalan aristocracy forced the members of the Generalitat to convene a Junta de Braços which, after slow discussions on July 9, 1713, and with the support of the Popular Estate, unilaterally proclaimed the continuation of the war in the name of the king "for the conservation of the Liberties, Privileges and Prerogatives of the Catalans, which our predecessors obtained at the expense of gloriously shedding blood and we must, likewise, maintain, which have not been taken into consideration Utrecht, nor in l'Hospitalet."

On the contrary, the Three Commons proclaimed that the war was not over and that they were acting under the protection of their legitimate monarch -Charles of Austria-, who, they believed, in view of their determination to fight, would not be long in coming to save Catalonia.

But within the city, the division between radicals and moderates - even the Head Councilor of Barcelona Manuel Flix i Ferreró was in favor of the submission negotiated with Philip V - harmed the initiatives of the first months of the war.

The moderates attempted a diplomatic operation in collusion with the Catalan ambassador in London Pau Ignasi Dalmases to surrender Catalonia to Philip V in a negotiated manner, but in November 1713, the election of the new Head Councilor Rafael Casanova frustrated the plan.