HISTORY 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Katarismo, Kuraka, Local Natives
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Tupac amaru: how he gained followers and convinced them to join him. He calls himself the lost inca and draws on the history that was seen as better and combines this with the christian possibility of insurrection so they were not worried about death. Combines a future order and immediate demand/sense of release from a tangible oppression. He states he will get rid of the mit"a and sales tax. But, will keep the head tax for himself. Tapped into the sense that it was the corregidores and bad priests who were making it difficult for them to be good followers. Double idea - follow him and the good christian teachings. His excommunication was a major blow to this. Individual families don"t want to be punished when the rebellion goes south. Risk outweighs the gain - vested interest in the system.
