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The creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata shifted economic focus away from Buenos Aires towards traditional centers like Cuzco.
Answer: False
The establishment of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776 redirected economic benefits and focus towards Buenos Aires, diminishing the prominence of traditional centers like Cuzco.
Túpac Amaru II's stated justification for rebellion was to establish an independent Inca empire separate from any European monarchy.
Answer: False
Túpac Amaru II's stated justification was to restore justice and royal authority within the existing Spanish imperial framework, not to establish an independent empire separate from European monarchies.
The rebellion was influenced by prophecies foretelling the return of Inca rule and potentially by Spain's involvement in the American Revolutionary War.
Answer: True
Historical accounts suggest that prophecies regarding the restoration of Inca rule and awareness of contemporary conflicts like the American Revolutionary War may have influenced the timing and motivations behind the rebellion.
The Bourbon Reforms aimed to increase the autonomy of local corregidores and reduce the influence of the Spanish Crown.
Answer: False
The Bourbon Reforms were designed to centralize power, streamline administration, and increase the efficiency of tax collection, thereby strengthening the influence of the Spanish Crown, not increasing local autonomy.
What was the primary goal of the Bourbon Reforms that contributed to the unrest leading to Túpac Amaru II's rebellion?
Answer: To streamline colonial administration and increase the efficiency of tax collection.
The Bourbon Reforms were fundamentally aimed at centralizing administrative control and enhancing the efficiency of tax collection across the Spanish colonies, which often led to increased burdens and resentment among the populace.
What was Túpac Amaru II's justification for initiating the rebellion, according to his own claims?
Answer: To enforce royal authority against corrupt colonial officials and restore justice.
Túpac Amaru II articulated his rebellion as a movement to rectify abuses by colonial administrators and reinstate justice, acting under the purported authority of the Spanish King.
What significant administrative change under the Bourbon Reforms separated Upper Peru from the Viceroyalty of Peru?
Answer: The creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
The administrative reorganization under the Bourbon Reforms included the establishment of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776, which detached Upper Peru from the Viceroyalty of Peru.
What economic hardship did the creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776 cause in traditional centers like Cuzco?
Answer: A shift in economic focus and benefits away from Cuzco towards Buenos Aires.
The administrative and economic restructuring associated with the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata led to a redirection of wealth and trade towards Buenos Aires, negatively impacting the economic standing of older centers like Cuzco.
Why did the creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776 contribute to tensions?
Answer: It shifted economic focus and benefits away from traditional centers like Cuzco towards Buenos Aires.
The administrative reorganization that established the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata redirected economic activities and benefits towards Buenos Aires, causing economic dislocation and discontent in regions like Cuzco.
Túpac Amaru II asserted lineage from the last Inca emperor, Túpac Amaru, and presented himself as a loyal representative of the Spanish Crown.
Answer: True
Túpac Amaru II claimed descent from the final Inca emperor and framed his rebellion as an effort to uphold royal authority against corrupt colonial officials, thereby positioning himself as a loyal servant of the Spanish Crown.
Micaela Bastidas, Túpac Amaru II's wife, played a significant leadership role during the rebellion.
Answer: True
Micaela Bastidas was a crucial figure, acting as Túpac Amaru II's lieutenant, commanding her own forces, and advocating for strategic offensives, demonstrating a significant leadership role.
Túpac Katari was a leader of a rebellion in Spain that occurred concurrently with Túpac Amaru II's uprising in Peru.
Answer: False
Túpac Katari was a prominent indigenous leader who led a simultaneous uprising in Upper Peru (modern Bolivia), not in Spain.
Women, such as Bartolina Sisa, played a significant role in continuing the rebellion even after the death of its primary male leaders.
Answer: True
Female leaders like Bartolina Sisa were instrumental in sustaining the rebellion, demonstrating considerable military and organizational capacity even after the demise of key male figures.
What was the role of Túpac Katari during the period of the rebellion?
Answer: He led a simultaneous uprising in Upper Peru (modern Bolivia).
Túpac Katari emerged as a significant leader of an independent but concurrent rebellion in Upper Peru, distinct from Túpac Amaru II's movement in Peru proper.
Besides Túpac Amaru II and Túpac Katari, who were other prominent female rebel commanders mentioned in the source?
Answer: All of the above
The source identifies Micaela Bastidas (Túpac Amaru II's wife), Bartolina Sisa (a commander under Túpac Katari), and Tomasa Tito Condemayta as prominent female leaders involved in the rebellion.
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II was primarily an isolated event confined to the highlands of Peru, with minimal impact on surrounding regions.
Answer: False
The rebellion was not isolated; it significantly impacted surrounding regions and involved widespread participation, indicating a broader scope than merely the highlands of Peru.
The rebellion officially commenced on November 4, 1780, marked by the execution of the corregidor of Túpac Amaru II's hometown.
Answer: True
The rebellion's formal initiation occurred on November 4, 1780, with the execution of Antonio Arriaga, the corregidor of Tinta, Túpac Amaru II's native province.
The Battle of Sangarará resulted in a decisive victory for the Spanish-aligned forces against Túpac Amaru II's army.
Answer: False
Contrary to this statement, the Battle of Sangarará on November 17, 1780, concluded with a decisive victory for Túpac Amaru II's rebel forces.
Criollo populations, initially supportive, remained steadfastly loyal to Túpac Amaru II throughout the entire rebellion.
Answer: False
The support from Criollo populations was not sustained; many defected from the rebel cause as the rebellion progressed, particularly after the failed siege of Cuzco.
What was the outcome of the Battle of Sangarará?
Answer: A decisive routing of the Spanish-aligned troops by Túpac Amaru II's army.
The Battle of Sangarará on November 17, 1780, resulted in a significant victory for Túpac Amaru II's forces, who decisively defeated the Spanish-aligned troops.
What factor significantly contributed to the fracturing of Túpac Amaru II's coalition after the failed siege of Cuzco?
Answer: The defection of criollos and Spanish offers of amnesty to rebels.
Following the unsuccessful siege of Cuzco, the rebel coalition began to disintegrate, exacerbated by the defection of Criollo allies and the Spanish administration's strategic offers of amnesty.
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II occurred primarily between which years?
Answer: 1780-1783
The main period of Túpac Amaru II's rebellion spanned from November 1780 to March 1783.
The Spanish colonial administrator José Antonio de Areche responded to the rebellion by offering immediate amnesty to all rebel leaders.
Answer: False
José Antonio de Areche's response was characterized by the mobilization of troops and intensified suppression efforts, rather than the offering of amnesty to rebel leaders.
Spanish forces easily suppressed the rebellion due to superior numbers and better knowledge of the terrain.
Answer: False
Spanish forces encountered significant challenges, including high desertion rates, harsh terrain, and hostile populations, indicating that suppression was far from easy.
The Spanish Empire deployed approximately 100,000 soldiers to suppress the rebellion, while rebel forces numbered around 15,000.
Answer: False
The figures are reversed; rebel forces were estimated to be significantly larger (up to 100,000) than the Spanish imperial deployment (approximately 15,000-17,500 soldiers).
How did José Antonio de Areche, a Spanish colonial administrator, primarily respond to the rebellion?
Answer: By mobilizing troops from Lima and other regions to suppress the uprising.
José Antonio de Areche's primary response involved organizing and deploying military forces from various parts of the viceroyalty to quell the rebellion.
What challenges did Spanish forces face in suppressing the rebellion in the highlands?
Answer: High desertion rates, hostile local populations, and harsh environmental conditions.
Spanish military operations were hampered by factors such as troop desertion, the challenging high-altitude environment, and the often hostile reception from local populations in rebel-controlled territories.
Túpac Amaru II's rebellion ceased immediately following his capture and execution in April 1781.
Answer: False
The rebellion continued after Túpac Amaru II's execution, with leaders such as Diego Cristóbal Túpac Amaru carrying on resistance efforts, particularly in the Collao highlands.
Diego Cristóbal Túpac Amaru formally surrendered his forces in January 1782 after accepting a general amnesty.
Answer: True
Following protracted resistance, Diego Cristóbal Túpac Amaru accepted a general amnesty and formally surrendered his forces in January 1782.
The rebellion led to the immediate abolition of the mita system and the establishment of a new audiencia in Cuzco.
Answer: False
While the rebellion influenced reforms, the mita system was not immediately abolished, and the audiencia in Cuzco was established later, in 1787, as part of post-rebellion administrative adjustments.
Following Túpac Amaru II's execution, Spanish authorities banned the Quechua language and prohibited indigenous clothing to suppress Inca culture.
Answer: True
In the aftermath of the rebellion, decrees were issued by Spanish authorities to ban the Quechua language, prohibit indigenous attire, and suppress the commemoration of Inca history as a measure to dismantle indigenous cultural identity.
The rebellion strengthened the traditional indigenous leadership structure, with caciques gaining more power.
Answer: False
Conversely, the rebellion led to the weakening and eventual abolition of the traditional cacique institution by the Spanish colonial administration, which replaced many local leaders with outsiders.
The execution of Túpac Amaru II involved a failed attempt to quarter him using four horses before he was ultimately beheaded.
Answer: True
The brutal execution of Túpac Amaru II included an attempt to dismember him using four horses, which proved unsuccessful, leading to his subsequent beheading.
The rebellion saw systematic killings of non-Indians and attempts to eradicate non-Indian cultural customs, actions some historians label as genocidal.
Answer: True
During the course of the rebellion, particularly after Túpac Amaru II's death, rebels engaged in systematic violence against non-Indian populations and sought to eliminate their cultural practices, leading some scholars to characterize these actions as genocidal.
The estimated casualties of the rebellion were around 1,000 indigenous people and 500 non-Indians.
Answer: False
The rebellion resulted in significantly higher casualties, with estimates suggesting around 100,000 indigenous deaths and an additional 10,000 to 40,000 non-Indian fatalities.
The rebellion ultimately failed to achieve its objectives, resulting in a Spanish victory and the execution of its leaders.
Answer: True
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II concluded with the suppression of the uprising by Spanish forces and the execution of its principal leaders, thus failing to achieve its immediate objectives.
The rebellion is considered a significant part of the broader historical process of the decolonization of the Americas.
Answer: True
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II is widely recognized as a pivotal event within the larger historical trajectory of the decolonization of the Americas, foreshadowing later independence movements.
Which of the following was NOT among the key demands made by Túpac Amaru II after the initial uprising?
Answer: Reduction of taxes on all goods traded within the Viceroyalty.
While Túpac Amaru II demanded the abolition of the mita, the limitation of corregidor power, and the establishment of an audiencia in Cuzco, a general reduction of taxes on all traded goods was not a primary stated demand.
The execution of Túpac Amaru II was intended to:
Answer: Serve as a public spectacle to deter future rebellion.
The public and brutal execution of Túpac Amaru II was designed as a severe deterrent, intended to instill fear and discourage any future uprisings against Spanish colonial authority.
Who continued the rebellion in the Collao highlands near Lake Titicaca after Túpac Amaru II's death?
Answer: Diego Cristóbal Túpac Amaru
Following the execution of Túpac Amaru II, his cousin Diego Cristóbal Túpac Amaru assumed leadership and continued the resistance, focusing efforts in the Collao region.
What measures did José Antonio de Areche attempt to implement to suppress Inca culture following the rebellion's suppression?
Answer: Banning the Quechua language, indigenous clothing, and commemoration of Inca history.
Administrator Areche decreed the prohibition of the Quechua language, indigenous attire, and any celebration or remembrance of Inca history as part of a systematic effort to eradicate indigenous cultural expression.
How did the rebellion impact the traditional role of indigenous leaders (caciques)?
Answer: The institution of the cacique was abolished, and many were replaced by outsiders.
The rebellion led to the Spanish colonial administration dismantling the traditional cacique system, replacing many indigenous chiefs with external administrators and weakening the established power structures.
The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II is considered part of which broader historical movement?
Answer: The decolonization of the Americas.
This significant uprising is recognized as an integral component of the broader historical process of decolonization that reshaped the Americas during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
What was the approximate number of indigenous people estimated to have been killed during the rebellion?
Answer: Approximately 100,000
Estimates indicate that approximately 100,000 indigenous individuals perished as a result of the rebellion.
The illustration of Túpac Amaru II mentioned in the source dates from the early 18th century, shortly after his birth.
Answer: False
The illustration of Túpac Amaru II referenced in the source material dates from circa 1784-1806, a period following the rebellion, not from his early life.
The illustration of Túpac Amaru II mentioned in the source provides a visual representation from which period?
Answer: Circa 1784-1806, shortly after the rebellion concluded.
The source indicates that the illustration of Túpac Amaru II dates from the period between approximately 1784 and 1806, placing it shortly after the conclusion of the rebellion.
What does the banner of Túpac Katari, as depicted in the source, visually represent?
Answer: The Aymara and Quechua rebels.
The banner associated with Túpac Katari serves as a visual emblem representing the Aymara and Quechua populations who participated in the rebellion.