QUITO'S REVOLUTION OF INDENDEPENDENCE OF 1809

Abstract

The Ecuadorian historian Juan J. Paz y Mino Cepeda explains in this essay the prolegomena and consequences of the Quito Revolution which erupted on August 10, 1809, when the conspiratorial creoles put forth their decision to convene a Sovereignty Government Assembly, calling the diverse social forces to unite. The long process of independence which would put an end to the colonial regime had started. Today, the Bicentennial Anniversary marks the struggle for social justice, still an aspiration of the Ecuadorian people.