Espartero attempted to rebuild the "progresista" government after ten years of "moderado" reform. Most of Espartero's tenure was absorbed into promulgating the new constitution he intended to replace the "moderado" constitution of 1845. The resistance of the "cortes", however, meant that most of his term was spent deadlocked; the coalition that Espartero relied on was built on both liberals and moderates, who disagreed fundamentally on the ideology of the new constitution and policies. Espartero's constitution included provisions for the freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and, most importantly, a more liberal suffrage than the Constitution of 1845 allowed for. Even before the constitution had been passed, Espartero endorsed Pascual Madoz's "desamortización" against communal lands in Spain; the plan was strongly opposed not only by the "moderados" in the "cortes", but also by the queen and General O'Donnell. Espartero's coalition with O'Donnell collapsed, and the queen named O'Donnell president of the government. He too proved unable to work with the government in any meaningful way; he attempted to compromise Espartero's constitution with the 1845 document by, in a bald assertion of power, declaring the 1845 constitution restored with certain specified exceptions, with or without the approval of the "cortes". The act led to O'Donnell's ousting; the "Constitution of 1855" was never successfully put into place.