Sucre's attempts at reform are only partially …
Years: 1816 - 1827
Sucre's attempts at reform are only partially successful because Bolivia lacks the administration to carry them out.
Many Conservative Party criollos turn away when his reforms threaten to challenge the economic and social patterns of the colonial past.
As opposition increases, the local nationalist elite comes to resent the leadership of their Venezuelan-born president.
The invasion of Bolivia by the Peruvian general Agustin Gamarra and an assassination attempt in April 1827 lead to Sucre's resignation in 1828.
Many Conservative Party criollos turn away when his reforms threaten to challenge the economic and social patterns of the colonial past.
As opposition increases, the local nationalist elite comes to resent the leadership of their Venezuelan-born president.
The invasion of Bolivia by the Peruvian general Agustin Gamarra and an assassination attempt in April 1827 lead to Sucre's resignation in 1828.
Locations
People
Groups
- Aymara people (Amerind tribe)
- Guaraní, Eastern Bolivian
- Guaraní (Amerind tribe)
- Uru people
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Quechua (Amerind tribe)
- Spaniards (Latins)
- Brazil, Colonial
- Río de la Plata, Governorate of the
- Charcas, Real Audiencia of (Upper Peru)
- Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of
- Spain, Bourbon Kingdom (first restoration) of
- Peru, Republic of
- Bolivia, Republic of
Topics
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Encomienda system
- Enlightenment, Age of
- Bolivian War of Independence
- Bolivar's War
- Peruvian War of Independence
