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In 1563 the spanish king decreded that quito should be the capital of an administrative district that by some estimates was more than 500,000 square miles in sizes.The territory named the"Real audiencia de quito" would have as its western border the pacific ocean and to the east those provinces as get not pacified, no discovered.
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in the social hierarchy are the penninsulares, creoles, mulatos or mestizos,indios and for end negros or slaves
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at time,the treaty of madrid , signed with portugal in 1750 ,said the limits of brazil almost to its present size. Whith the signature,QUITO lost most of its amazon territory.
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revolution of quito .During the night of august 9,1809 a group of intellectual doctor , marquins , creoles , gathered in the house of Manuela Cañizares to difine a strategy againt the goverment .
Manuela Cañizares said : "cowards.....men bornd for servitude what are you afraid....there is not time to lose". -
the events of agust 10 are considered the" primer grito de la independencia" of ecuador , and it was the flame that motivated other patriots to take the post , ibarra , ambato and riobamba joined quito' s movement.
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the event of august 2 and subsequent massacre,had impact amarica, where the libertation movement quickly spread.
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octuber 9, 1820 independence of guayaquil
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novenber 3, 1820 idependece of cuenca
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may 24,1822 battle of pichincha
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1830 desintegration of the great colombia
