1. Plutocratic regime

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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……….

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

7. 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?

8. 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”

9. 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, “CRUCES SOBRE EL AGUA”
Cruces sobre el agua

10. 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, THERE WAS A COUP D’ETAT.

11. 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