The battle of Pichincha

The Battle of Pichincha in Ecuador

The Battle of Pichincha happened on May 24, 1822 between the patriotic forces commanded by Antonio José de Sucre and the realistic troops led by Melchor Aymerich on the slopes of Pichincha volcano. The patriot army had 2,900 men. There were also British and Argentine. The royalists had 3000 soldiers.

Sucre had brought his troops from Guayaquil to Quito, aiming of expelling Spaniards from the city. After many hardships he reached the foot of the Pichincha volcano on 23 May 1822. In the evening ordered the rise and at dawn on May 24 had won good height. But the Spaniards climbed the volcano to face them.

Patriots battalions fought bravely, but many died. When it seemed that would be defeated, came men of the battalion Albion, with ammunitions and reinforcements. Patriots fight again. And they won the enemy troops.

This victory allowed the release of Quito and its annexation to the Great Colombia, whose president was the Liberator Simon Bolivar.

Independence Day

In the United States, Independence Day is celebrated on July 4. On that day in 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The United States Declaration of Independence is a document in which thirteen British colonies in North America declared its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their reasons for this action.

The United States of America would be the new nation proclaimed that this statement. It was written primarily by Thomas Jefferson in June and July 1776, during the War of Independence of the United States, and was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the triumph of the American colonists and the principle of self-government.

The independence of the colonies was recognized by Britain on September 3, 1783 by the Treaty of Paris.