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5.07- The First Cry For Liberty

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Upper Peru and Quito - The Leading Edge of Spanish American Rebellion

Upper peru and quito were not included on the central hunta's list of additional provinces who deserved to be represented in the central junta. The region had never really been much directly under the thumb of either lima or bonos iris, and so there was a certain sense of local independence already floating around there. After the news of the abdications of bayon arrived, the intendant and bishop of chuki saka were at inclined to recognize princess charlotte as their sovereign. But members of the local audiencia did not think that anybody should make any rash decisions since nobody had any idea what the real situation was back in europe.

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