COLOMBIA- Emily Phillips 3rd hour By emily.phillips 1499 Spanish arrive 1819 Independence from Spain was won 1830 "Gran Colombia" was dissolved. Colombia and Panama became Republic of New Granada. 1858 New country starts experimenting with federation as the Granadine Confederation. 1863 Colombia experiments with federation as the United States of Colombia 1886 Republic of Colombia declared 1903 Panama seceded 1960 Colombia suffered from asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict 1990 Asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict increased 2005 Asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict starts to decrease