Plutocratic regime 1912 - 1925

FROM THE BOOM TO THE CRISIS NATIONAL CONTEXT AFTER ALFAROS’ MURDER EDUCATION AND SOME LAND IN CHURCH HANDS HIGHLAND LANDOWNERS’ AGREEMENT COAST BURGUESIA IN POWER Banco Comercial Agricola supplied money to the State Francisco Urbina Jado – the owner of the country

FROM THE BOOM TO THE CRISIS 1914 1920 WWI OVERPRODUCTION LOWER PRICES LESS PRODUCTION LOWER INTERNATIONAL PRICES “ASOCIACION DE AGRICULTORES DEL ECUADOR BANKRUPT CHANGE TO RICE AND SUGAR 1912 IMPORTANT ISSUE “MORATORIA” BANKS STOPPED SUPPOTING MONEY WITH GOLD RESULT: MONEY WITHOUT SUPPORT RESULT: INFLATION

EXPLAIN WHY INFLATION LED CACAO PRODUCERS TO THE CRISIS STRATEGIES: ANALYZE FACTS, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES BRAINSTORM ARGUMENTS ORGANIZE YOUR IDEAS (OUTLINE) WRITE YOUR STATEMENT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: IN 1920, ONE HUNDRED POUNS OF CACAO COST 26, 76 SUCRES. SIX MONTHS LATER, 5, 75 SUCRES.

PEOPLE’S REACTION CAUSES INFLATION UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHER COST OF MACHINES NO PRODUCTION PROMOTION CACAO MONEY WAS NOT INVESTED CONSEQUENCES MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS ABSORVED THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRISIS FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTED IN SUGAR NEW WAYS OF PRODUCTION POPULAR REVELION LABOR GROUPS WORK JOURNEY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION FREE WEEKENDS MIDDLE CLASS AND LABOR GROUPS ATTRACTED BY A NEW TREND OF THOUGHT, S……….

PLUTOCRATIC PRESIDENCIES LEONIDAS PLAZA SECOND PRESIDENCY ALFREDO BAQUERIZO MORENO JOSE LUIS TAMAYO

LEONIDAS PLAZA SECOND PRESIDENCY FACTS FACED A CIVIL WAR – CARLOS CONCHA COAST AND CARLOS ANDRADE HIGHLANDS FOUGHT THEIR ENEMIES AND RULED BY FORCE THE RAILROAD CUENCA / SANTA ELENA MISION ACADEMICA ALEMANA HOW DID PLAZA GET THE MONEY TO FIGHT THE REBELS?

ALFREDO BAQUERIZO MORENO FACTS FOLLOWED THE SAME TREND AS PLAZA WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO VISIT THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS DESIGNED A SEWERAGE PLAN FOR GUAYAQUIL AND YELLOW FEVER ERADICATION SET A BORDER AGREEMENT WITH COLOMBIA (TRATADO MUÑOZ VERNAZA-SUAREZ) ABOLISHED PRISION FOR DEBT IN 1918 – LEGAL FOUNDATION OF “CONCERTAJE”

JOSE LUIS TAMAYO FACED CACAO CRISIS, FIGHTING FOR BURGUESIA INTERESTS COAST WENT FROM WEALTHNESS TO CRISIS CONSEQUENCE: NEW LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WERE CREATED “FEDERACION DE TRABAJADORES REGIONAL DEL GUAYAS” PEOPLE WERE UPSET, 1922 COMPANIA DEL FERROCARIL WORKERS STRIKE BEGAN A NATIONAL WORKER STRIKE NOVEMBER 15TH, 1922 “CRUCES SOBRE EL AGUA” Cruces sobre el agua

PLUTOCRACY FALLDOWN GONZALO CORDOVA WON THE PRESIDENCY BY FRAUD IN 1924 LUIS NAPOLEON DILLON LED THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN 1925, THE STATE BOUGHT 75% OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY IN 1925, A GROUP MILITAR OFFICERS FORMED “LIGA MILITAR” PURPOSE: “TO SAVE HOMELAND EVEN WITH THEIR OWN SACRIFICE” JULY 9TH, 1925. THERE WAS A COUP D’ETAT.

BUILDING A NATIONAL IDENTITY BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW FROM THE EARLY REPUBLIC UNTIL NOW WHICH ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ECUADORIAN IDENTITY? BRAINSTORM IDEAS, PROS AND CONS TO START REACHING YOUR DEFINITION