26). After all forms of advocacy and pleading through the courts, Amaru decided the only advocate for change was a rebellion. Amaru began his uprising in the latter half 18th century and after standoffs with the Spanish, his rebellion was finally put down. Even though his rebellion failed he was an inspiration to many. More importantly he instilled the idea of "bad government" and that "people could take direct action against corrupt or disruptive authorities" (Walker, pg. 39). Amaru at first never had the idea of rebelling. He did not want to overthrow the Spaniards but to create a balance between his people between them and his people. After failed attempts of pleading his "frustrations grew as his efforts to contest the tax and labor demands failed" (Walker, pg. 24) and thus leading to his brave rebellion. Rebellion had been a very old form of politics ever since the beginning of civilization but Amaru revitalized it again in Latin America.
Angela Batallas was a slave who fell into a relationship with her master, Ildefonso Coronel. Coronel was a patriot himself and promised Batalla her freedom before they began their relationship. However problems arose when Batalla was pregnant with his child. After the child's birth, Cornel acknowledged the child to be free by having it baptized and stating it on the birth certificate. Batallas on the other hand was not granted her freedom as she was promised. Not long after she was denied, Batallas "decided to sue for her freedom" (Townsend, pg.301) by taking her cause to the court system. During her trial Batallas made some important and convincing arguments which ultimately won her the case. Batallas boldly claimed that the patriots of the independence would lose their honor through inconsistency. The focus of her argument laid in the fact that her master "Ildefonso, a good patriot had promised her liberty" (Townsend, pg.
