Linea de tiempo independencia

independence of Colombia and the United States

  • - 1773 -

    The tea cargo is thrown into the sea in the port of Boston
  • - 1773 -

    •The tea cargo is thrown into the sea in the port of Boston
  • - 1774 -

    •Declaration of Rights
    •Philadelphia Congress
  • - 1774 -

    • Declaration of Rights
    • Congress of Philadelphia
  • - 1775 -

    •Attack in Boston
    •Appointment of George Washington as Chief and Commander of the Colonial Army
    •Official declaration of war
  • - 1775 -

    • Attack on Boston
    •Appointment of George Washington as Chief and Commander of the Colonial Army
    •Official declaration of war
  • - 1776 -

    •4 July
    • Proclamation of independence
  • - 1776 -

    •July 4
    • Proclamation of Independence
  • - 1783 -

    •Defeat of the Metropolis
    •Treaty of Paris
    •Free Navigation
    •Written proclamation of the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
    •Adoption of the Declaration of Rights
  • - 1783 -

    •Defeat of the metropolis
    •Treaty of Paris
    •Free navigation
    •Thomas Jefferson’s written proclamation of the Declaration of Independence
    •Adoption of the Declaration of Rights
  • - 1787 -

    •Adoption of the constitution and political system of the Federal Republic
  • - 1787 -

    •Approval of the constitution and political system of the Federal Republic
  • - 1789 -

    •Election of George Washington as President of the United States of America
  • - 1789 -

    •Election of George Washington as President of the United States of America.
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    - 1789 - 1810 -

    •The wars of independence of Spanish America were inspired by those of the United States and Haiti, as well as the French Revolution and the previous insurrection of the communards. The Creole of the United States wanted independence from English rule for economic, political and social reasons.
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    - 1789 - 1810 -

    •The wars of independence of Spanish America were inspired by those of the United States and Haiti, as well as the French Revolution and the previous insurrection of the communards. The Creole of the United States wanted independence from English rule for economic, political and social reasons.
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    La Patria Boba

    •was characterized by intense fighting between the independentistas to define the form of government that the new state should have. The constant struggle between federalists and centralists produced, in this nation barely in formation and development, political instability and several regional and civil wars throughout the territory.
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    La Patria Boba

    •was characterized by intense fighting between the independentistas to define the form of government that the new state should have. The constant struggle between federalists and centralists produced, in this nation barely in formation and development, political instability and several regional and civil wars throughout the territory.
  • Act of Independence

    •The so-called Act of Independence of Bogota was not the declaration of independence itself, because as the document itself states, it did not intend (in the name of New Granada) to abdicate the rights of sovereignty of the Monarch Ferdinand VII. In contrast, other acts of independence, such as the one that was promulgated in Tunja on December 9, 1811, Mompox on August 6, 1810 and in Cartagena de Indias on November 11, 1811, did seek a real independence from Spain.
  • The libertation campaign

    •the situation was definitively decided in favor of the patriots, which allowed Bolívar, from Venezuela and Francisco de Paula Santander, from Nueva Granada to begin to coordinate joint actions from their areas of influence that promote a military unit.
  • The libertation campaign

    •From the year 1818 the situation was decided definitively in favor of the patriots, which allowed Bolivar, from Venezuela and Francisco de Paula Santander, from New Granada will begin to coordinate joint actions from their areas of influence that will foster a military unity.
  • The Battle of Boyacá

    •The Battle of Boyacá was the most important confrontation in the Colombian War of Independence that guaranteed the success of the New Granada Liberation Campaign. This event took place on August 7, 1819 at the crossing of the Teatinos River, near Tunja. The battle ends with the mass surrender of the royalist division, and was the culmination of 78 days of campaign initiated from Venezuela by the Liberator Simón Bolívar to independence the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada.
  • The Battle of Boyacá

    The Battle of Boyacá was the most important confrontation in the Colombian War of Independence that guaranteed the success of the New Granada Liberation Campaign. This event took place on August 7, 1819 at the crossing of the Teatinos River, near Tunja. The battle ends with the mass surrender of the royalist division, and was the culmination of 78 days of campaign initiated from Venezuela by the Liberator Simón Bolívar to independence the Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada.