Creole National Project, Ecuadorian History

1. ECUADOR AS
REPUBLIC
“ESTADO OLIGARQUICO
TERRATENIENTE”

2. “CAUDILLISMO”
O ROLE – FIGHTING WARS AND
CONTROLLING REBELIONS
O TRYING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE LIBERALS AND
CONSERVATIVES
O PUBLIC DUTY – IN HANDS OF CITY
LEADERS
O TAX SYSTEM - 63% ARMY – TRIBUTO DE
INDIOS/ ESTANCOS/DIEZMOS/TRADING
TAXES
O INDEPENDENCE DEBT – ENGLAND –
21,5% - 1’424.529 POUNDS

3. MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE
O JUAN JOSE FLORES
O VICENTE ROCAFUERTE
O JOSE MARIA URBINA

4. JUAN JOSE FLORES
O RIOBAMBA – AUGUST, 1830 – 1ST
CONSTITUTION
O FIRST PRESIDENT, JOSE JOAQUIN DE
OLMEDO VICEPRESIDENT
O RULED KEEPING AN ALLIANCE WITH THE
LANDOWNERS AND SUPPORTED BY THE
ARMY
O PERMANENT WAR AGAINST COLOMBIA –
PASTO
O “QUITEÑO LIBRE,” FRANCIS HALL
O “GUERRA DE LOS CHIHUAHUAS” –
VICENTE ROCAFUERTE

5. VICENTE ROCAFUERTE
O JUAN JOSE FLORES GOT AN AGREEMENT –
BALANCE BETWEEN REGIONS – STABILITY TO
BUILD A STATE
O VICENTE ROCAFUERTE WAS 2ND PRESIDENT
OF ECUADOR
O ECUADOR GOT A NEW CONSTITUTION –
AMBATO – 1835
O STARTED PUBLIC SERVICE
O EDUCATION: COLEGIO MILITAR – ACADEMIA
NAUTICA.
O NO PITY FOR HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES
O PARADOX: LIBERAL IDEALS BUT
CONSEVATIVE METHODS “DESPOTISMO
ILUSTRADO”

6. JUAN JOSE FLORES 1839
O CARTA DE ESCLAVITUD – 3RD
CONSTITUTION
O “SOCIEDAD FILOTECNICA” POLITICAL
ENEMIES
O CONFLICT BETWEEN ECUADOR AND
COLOMBIA
O “MARCH REVOLUTION” MARCH 6TH, 1845
O JOSE JOAQUIN DE OLMEDO, VICENTE
RAMON ROCA, DIEGO NOBOA
O CIVIL GOVERNMENT “GOBIERNOS
CIVILISTAS”
O NO AGREEMENT BETWEEN REGIONS
O JUAN JOSE FLORES WANTED TO COME
BACK TO POWER
O JOSE MARIA URBINA

7. JOSE MARIA URBINA
O FOUGHT AGAINST JUAN JOSE FLORES
O 1852 – PEDRO MONCAYO – CONGRESS
MEETING
O JOSE MARIA URBINA IS CHOOSEN TO BE
PRESIDENT
O JESUITS WERE EXPELLED
O ABOLISHED TAXES FOR BASIC PRODUCTS
O INVESTED IN CACAO AND QUINA
O ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN ECUADOR -
TAURAS
O NO MORE NATIVE TAX IN ADVANCE
O GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROTECT THE
PEOPLE

8. AFTER URBINA
O FRANCISCO ROBLES
O WE LOST A LARGE PORTION OF THE AMAZON
REGION
O GARCIA MORENO – POLITICAL ENEMY
O FOUR PRESIDENTS IN ECUADOR – QUITO,
GUAYAQUIL, CUENCA AND LOJA
O CAUSES: URBINA POLICIES HAVE ANGERED
LANDOWNERS
O GARCIA MORENO ASKED FRANCIA TO BE OUR
PROTECTOR (FRENCH COLONY)
O JUAN JOSE FLORES AGAIN AS GENERAL TO GAIN
CONTROL
O A NEW CONGRESS MEETING TO CHOOSE A
PRESIDENT.

9. WHY CAN WE CONSIDER JUAN
JOSE FLORES, VICENTE
ROCAFUERTE AND JOSE MARIA
URBINA AS THE ONES WHO
REPRESENT THIS ECUADORIAN
PERIOD IN HISTORY?

10. GARCIA MORENO
O GENERAL CONTEXT
O ECONOMIC GROWTH BUT NO ROADS
O GENERAL NEED OF A UNITED NATION
O CONCERTAJE GETS STRONGER
O FIRST BANKS GIVING MONEY TO TRADERS
AND PRODUCERS – STATE
O EACH BANK PRINTED ITS OWN BILLS
O “BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR” 1867 –
PAPER MONEY, STATE ACCOUNTING,
TAXES, LENDING MONEY TO THE STATE
O FORCE USE TO ACCOMPLISH PROGRESS

11. 1861 TO 1864
O 7TH ASSEMBLY TO NAME GARCIA
MORENO AS PRESIDENT
O REPRESENTATIVES BY POPULAR VOTE
O NO DEAD PENALTY FOR POLITIC ISSUES
O UNIVERSAL VOTING SYSTEM
O CITIZENS – NO LANDOWNERS
O GARCIA MORENO DIDN’T FOLLOW THOSE
REGULATIONS
O JERONIMO CARRION 1864 TO 1869
O JUAN MONTALVO – EL COSMOPOLITA

12. 1869 TO 1875
O GARCIA MORENO – RED MENACE –
JANUARY 16TH, 1869
O POLITICAL PROJECT “RESTORE MORAL
AND ORDER BY FORCE AND RELIGION”
O “CARTA NEGRA”
O FOLLOWED A RULING SYSTEM
PRACTICED BY FORCE – DEAD FOR
POLITICAL ISSUES – 6 YEARS
PRESIDENCY
O CITIZEN – CATHOLIC
O GARCIA MORENO DIES IN AUGUST 6TH,
1875
O GARCIA MORENO