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INDEPENDENCE OF COLOMBIA

The people was unhappy with spanish rules and in the east, Caracas had declared an improvisional indepenece on April 19.

Cartagena had declared independence in May and other small towns and regions had followed .

On July 20, 1810, in Santa fe de Bogota the people start to protest until the Viceroy, under a big pressure, was forced to agree for a limited independance wich later became permanent

In 1816 the Spanish gained again the control of the country, with which he installs the so called regime of terror.5 Though during this period several republican groups were kept active, exercising an effective power in the Plains, principally in the Venezuelan Guyana and in the Casanare, it would not be but until 1819 when there is undertaken the final process of expulsion of the Spanish domain.

Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan , he was the central figure of the independance of Great Colombia.

Simon Bolivar refuge in Jamaica in 1815.In Jamaica It organized an expedition on Venezuela and established itself in Narrowness in 1817. At the same time, Francisco de Paula Santander had regrouped patriots neogranadinos in Casanare. From here it coordinated with Simón Bolívar to prepare the Liberating Campaign of New Granada.

Spaniards abused to the colombian people and the people was desperate for  an independance but it was the final battle for spaniards.

Liberating campaign of New Granada: on February 15, 1819 the Congress of Narrowness (in Venezuela) created the Republic of Great Colombia (New Granada, Venezuela and Quito). President was chosen to Simón Bolívar, who at once took his troops towards New Granada.It met Santander in Tame and together they crossed Pisba's High plateau. They conquered the realists in Paya's battles  and Gameza. On July 25, 1819 they achieved an exact victory in the battle of Marsh of of Vargas. Little later they realized Paipa's strategic Reverse gear, which allowed them to conquer the Spanish general Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle of Boyacá's Bridge, on August 7, 1819. The viceroy Juan de Samano fled of Bogota on August 9 and the following day there entered the Liberator Simón Bolívar.

5 ADVANTAGES OF THE  INDEPENDENCE

Colombia is a free country
Freedom and equality
Independence of  the goverment of spain
Political autonomy
Creating own laws

5 DISADVANTAGES OF THE INDEPENDENCE

Lack of commercial allies
The advance of the education gets lost
Culture gets lost
Loses the advance of the medicine
Loses the commercial facilities

My point of view is that in the moment the disadvantages they were big but know colombia have an big progress but we are with other problems to resolve.