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5.07- The First Cry For Liberty

Revolutions

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The Revolution of Lapaz in Chukisaka

The city of quito was one of the earliest cities in spanish america to get its own audiencia. The lapaz hunta refused to even recognize the authority of the viceroys in buenos airis and lima. They elected as their president a mixed race military officer named pedro mario who swore loyalty and fealty to king ferdinand, but nobody else. And they also started talking about racial and class reforms to forge a more egalitarian society.

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