Some Quite単os were imprisoned in 1808 for opposing Spanish rule. On August 9, 1809, a group of Quito residents planned a revolution and the next day seized power in the city. They formed a junta to govern independently and drafted a constitution over the following months. However, the new government did not receive support from other Ecuadorian cities and struggled in its relationship with Lima and Bogota, who still supported Spanish authority. By August 1810 tensions could no longer be contained and Quito declared its independence, seeking to govern without interference from Spanish forces.
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1. Lesson 28-The Quito Revolution-Pg. M82-M83
Read the pages above and please answer the following questions using
complete sentences. Use a foldable for this project!
August 10 (1809)
1. What happened to some Quite単os in 1808?
2. What happened on the evening of August 9, 1809?
3. What happened on August 10, 1809? What did they do in the
following months?
August 2 (1810)
4. Did the Junta Suprema get help from Cuenca, Guayaquil and
Pasto? Why?
5. How was the relationship between Quito, Lima and Bogota? Why
6. What happened August 2, 1810? Why?
The Constitution of 1812
7. What was so special about the Constitution of 1812? What did it
say about Spain?
8. Did the new government last a long time? Why?
9. Who were the main actors during August 10? What did they do?
10. Why didn卒t the activists get much help from the urban and
indigenous people?