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Cajamarca revolt 1735

Synopsis
In 1735 a revolt broke out in the town of San Cristóbal de Uco in Cajamarca. The movement was led by Bernardo Yuntu, a foreign Indian who revolted against the indigenous authorities – the mayors and principals. Yuntu offered to free the indigenous population from taxes and Christian doctrine. As the ordinary mayor relates, this stranger had arrived from the city of Lima, “adonde fueron impulsados de su mal natural a deponer mil falsedades ... y desde ese día de su llegada tienen tan alborotada nuestra república con sus mentiras y su natural reboltosos que unas veces anda en público con vara alta nombrándose alcalde mayor y otras veces levantando bastón”. The leader of the revolt proposed that he be named chief of the repartimiento and that the population suspend the payment of taxes. This revolt is part of several rebellions resulting from the increase in tax pressure on the indigenous population of Peru. In 1697, a tribute in currency had been established, which strongly affected the pre-capitalist Andean economy. In the case of Cajamarca, there were six uprisings of this type in the 18th century.
Additional info

Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 2 months. Name in sources: Rebelión de Cajamarca. Location: Cajamarca Country (current): Peru. Monarchy: Spanish. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: 50-100. Main reasons & motivations: Economic, Fiscal, Religion. Leadership: Bernardo Yuntu. Relevance: low.

Further reading
BURGA, Manuel; FLORES GALINDO, Alberto (1975). La producción agrícola y las sublevaciones campesinas durante el S. XVIII. Lima: Universidad Católica. O’PHELLAN, Scarlett (1977). "El norte y los movimientos antifiscales del siglo XVIII”, Histórica, I (2): 199-222.
Cite this entry

López Taverne, Elvira (2023). "Cajamarca revolt 1735", in J. V. Serrão and M. S. Cunha (coord), Encyclopaedia of Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. https://mappingrebellions.com/revolt/cajamarca-revolt-1735/ (accessed on 12 March 2026).