The Spanish authorities fiercely repressed the first of the cities that formed a Sovereign Junta. They tried to evade the contagion. The viceroys of Lima and Bogota quickly sent troops with the order to besiege Quito and not allow the access of "a grain of salt". After the failure, the armies of Lima and Bogota occupied the city, and a year later, on August 2, 1810, killed 300 patriots and citizens, which shocked all of America. Initially, the Juntas were not independent: they were called interim depositaries.
of the Spaniards led to the polarization of positions and the Creole elites multiplied, from 1811, the proclamation, without ambiguity (in plain language), of independence (in Caracas, for example, the First Installed Republic was installed). The military reaction of the colonial authorities was immediate and the Creole reaction became stronger and more organized, which turned the process into a true continental war that lasted several years.
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