They were fed up with injustice. They bore the brunt of taxes, suffered minimal representation in institutions relative to their numbers, and these institutions were in the hands of privileged minorities, who acted according to their own interests, when they didn't directly plunder the public coffers. In July 1450—575 years ago—the Part Forana of Mallorca simply said "enough" and laid siege to Ciutat. A revolt began that would last for two years.