This chapter explores a riot that erupted in 1782 against a permanent garrison of Spanish troops from the Savoy regiment, marking the Chuquisaca’s first popular revolt since its founding. Although violence was primarily executed by the lower classes, particularly militia members, it stemmed from tensions affecting the entire population and therefore garnered strong support from the patriciate through the cabildo. Sparked by the death of a patrician in a brawl with a soldier, the underlying cause of the unrest was the troops’ sexual misconduct and other acts of violence in the urban space. The advances made on the wives, sisters, and daughters of patricians and plebeians alike raised the question of whether European soldiers of low social status were deemed superior to noble creoles, and it placed the vindication of the masculine reputation of patricians and plebeians on the same footing. The assaults on the local population’s claims to honor thus undermined the self-representation of urban society as courtly society divided into Hispanic and non-Hispanic sectors. Without losing their distinctive group identities, the residents began to conceive of themselves as members of the same polity defined in opposition to metropolitan policies and their agents. They saw themselves as part of a full-fledged colonial society.