The Intendancy of Chuquisaca, also of Charcas or of La Plata, was an administrative area that was part of the Spanish Empire within the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata located within the territory of the current Republic of Bolivia and whose capital was the current city of Sucre.

Led by Bernardo de Monteagudo, Jaime de Zudáñez and other followers of Republican ideals, popular protests were held in the streets of Chuquisaca with the slogan "Death to the bad government, long live King Fernando VII !

The mayor of Potosí, Francisco de Paula Sanz and the designated successor of Pizarro, Vicente Nieto, sent troops to quell the rebellion by order of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros of Buenos Aires, which peacefully entered Chuquisaca on December 24, 1809.

[2] On May 25, 1810, the May Revolution took place in Buenos Aires, during which Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros was deposed, Chuquisaca remaining under Spanish rule.

After the battle of Yavi (November 15, 1816) the Spanish troops regained territorial control of Upper Peru, reestablishing the Audiencia and Municipality de Charcas, which then became dependent on the Viceroyalty of Peru, headed by the viceroy José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Marquis of Concord (1806-1816).