Tupac Amaru and Cata

A b b r e v i a t i o n s a n d Copyright Acknowledgments Coleccion documental de la independencia del Peru. Comision Na- cional del Sesquicentenario de la Independencia del Peru. Lima, 1971. Vol. 2. La Rebelion de Tiipac Amaru. Vol. 2 contains books 1—4 (Tomo 11, Volumen 1-4). Most of the materials are from Vol. 2, books 2-3. The references in the work are to document numbers, not page numbers. Vol. 2, book 2 contains numbers 1-206 Vol.2, book 3 contains numbers 207-327. The Last Inca Revolt^ 1780-1783. Lillian Estelle Fisher. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Rebellions and Revolts in Eightee7tth Century Peru and Upper Peru. Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy. Koln: Bohlau Verlag, 1985. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. La rebelion de Tupac Amaru y los origenes de la independencia de his- panoamerica. Boleslao Lewin. Buenos Aires: Sociedad Editora Latino Americana, 1967. Subverting Colonial Authority. Challenges to Spanish Rule in Eigh- teenth-Century Southern Andes. Sergio Serulnikov. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. Selections from SCA appear on pages 170-73, 176, 179-86, 201, 205-7, 208-10, and 212-14. Re printed by permission of the publisher. We Alone Will Rule: Native Andean Politics in the Age of Insurgency. Sinclair Thomson. © 2003. Reprinted by permission of The Uni versity of Wisconsin Press. Tn eWorld of Tupac Amaru: Conﬂict, Community and Identity in Colo nial Peru. Ward Stavig. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Reprinted by permission of the University of Nebraska Press. © 1999 by the University of Nebraska Press. Selections from WOTA appear on pages 4-6, 8-9, 12-13, 17-20, 26-28, 30-31, and 39. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. All translations are by Ward Stavig and Ella Schmidt unless otherwise noted. XVI C h r o n o l o g y o f t h e Tupac Amaru Rebellion 1719-1720 Pandemic sweeps the Andes. 1742 Juan Santos Atahualpa rebellion begins. 1750s Revolts begin in Huarochiri. 1754 The reparto de mercandas is legalized, increasing economic pressure on indigenous communities. 1760s-1770s A period of increasing minor, mainly localized, revolts in the indigenous communities. 1772 The alcabala (sales tax) increased from 2 percent to 4 percent. 1774 Customhouses {aduanas) are established in Cochabamba, Bolivia. On August 2, there is a revolt against the aduana in Cochabamba. Alcabala is imposed on grain. 1776 Jose Antonio de Areche is named inspector {visitadorgeneral) by the Spanish Crown. Near the middle of the year, the alcabala is again increased, this time from 4 percent to 6 percent. The aduana is established at La Paz. Upper Peru becomes part of the new viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, further disrupting trade patterns. 1777 The ﬁrst revolt against the La Paz aduana is staged in late October. 1778 Joaquin Alos is named corregidor of Chayanta. Tomas Catari goes to Buenos Aires seeking justice for his people. The Crown orders corregidores to collect the 6 percent alcabala. 1779 Tomas Catari is arrested. Coca, previously exempt, becomes subject to the 6 percent alcabala. 1780 On Januar)^ 1, riots take place in Arequipa over the aduana. Lampoons appear in Cuzco shortly after the Arequipa riot, warning against the aduana. In March, there is a riot attacking the La Paz aduana. XVIll Chronology of the Tupac Amaru Rebellion Catari rebellion begins in late August. In September, the controversial kuraka Florencio Lupa is beheaded. In November, Jose Gabriel Tupac Atnaru's rebellion erupts in Canas y Canchis (Tinta), Guzco, with the capture and execution of Corregidor Arriaga. In January, Tomas Gatari is killed. His brothers Nicolas and Damaso continue the struggle until they too are killed. Tupac Amaru, his wife, and others are executed in the main plaza of Guzco on May 18. Diego Tupac Amaru has already assumed leadership of the rebellion. Tupac Catari puts La Paz under siege. November, Tupac Catari is captured and executed. Bartolina Sisa and Gregoria Apaza, the wife and sister of Tupac Catari, are executed. Diego Tupac Amaru is brutally executed, along with his xmother and others. Fernando, son of the Inca, is sent into exile in Spain. .

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