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    The Venezuelan War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de Venezuela, 1810–1823) was one of the Spanish American wars of independence of the...
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    The Venezuelan independence was the juridical-political process that put an end to the ties between the Captaincy General of Venezuela and the Spanish...
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    The Colombian War of Independence began on July 20, 1810 when the Junta de Santa Fe was formed in Santa Fe de Bogota, the capital of the Spanish colonial...
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    assuring control of Venezuela, save for Puerto Cabello and guaranteeing Venezuelan independence. Hostilities continued until the surrender of Puerto Cabello...
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    hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence, and former president Mariano Montilla (1782–1851), Major General of the Army of Venezuela in the Venezuelan War...
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    The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence (Spanish: Acta de la Declaración de Independencia de Venezuela) is a document drafted and adopted by Venezuelan...
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  • of wars of independence (also called liberation wars). These wars may or may not have been successful in achieving a goal of independence. Lists of active...
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    The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th...
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    Venezuelan War of Independence, and ended with the surrender of the republican forces to the Spanish Captain Domingo de Monteverde. The congress of Venezuela...
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    General of Venezuela Venezuelan War of Independence First Republic of Venezuela Third Republic of Venezuela Gran Colombia Venezuela In Spanish: Venezuelan Declaration...
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    the Venezuelan War of Independence. Further modifications have involved including a set of stars, multiple changes to the placement and number of stars...
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    shown by its inhabitants during the Venezuelan War of Independence, deemed similar to that of the Spartan soldiers of Ancient Greece. Trujillo, for the...
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    enactment of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, the territory of present-day Venezuela continued to struggle for its independence until June...
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    Venezuelan War of Independence emerged. Among them were Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda, Simón Bolívar (Bolívar's own father had been Colonel of the...
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    The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led...
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    Bolívar in the year 1817, during the Venezuelan War of Independence. The beginning of the Third Republic of Venezuela is attributed to the period after the...
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    their independence in the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. The Venezuelan War of Independence ensued. It ran concurrently with that of New Granada...
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    Santiago Mariño (category People of the Venezuelan War of Independence)
    nineteenth-century Venezuelan revolutionary leader and hero in the Venezuelan War of Independence (1811–1823). He became an important leader of eastern Venezuela and...
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    José Antonio Anzoátegui (category People of the Venezuelan War of Independence)
    Venezuelan military officer who fought in the Venezuelan and Colombian Wars of Independence. Born in Barcelona, he joined the Venezuelan independence...
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  • Peninsular War. The Venezuelan War of Independence ensued. The Republic of Gran Colombia became independent from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simón...
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    "war of extermination" in Bolívar's attempt to maintain Venezuelan independence in the war with Spain, since he felt that the Spanish Army's use of atrocities...
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    the Venezuelan War of Independence. Páez later led Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia. Páez dominated the country's politics for most of the...
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    of Venezuela. (6 December 2002). Manuel Cedeño. Officer in the War of Independence. (16 December 1942). Lino de Clemente. Official of the Venezuelan navy...
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  • the Colombian and Venezuelan War of Independence, after the fall of the First Republic, explaining what he believed to be the causes of this loss. It was...
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    rule in the Americas. In 1807, Bolívar returned to Venezuela and promoted Venezuelan independence to other wealthy creoles. When the Spanish authority...
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  • Battle of Mackinac Island Battle of New Orleans Venezuelan War of Independence Expedition of Los Cayos (1816) Margarita Campaign (1817) Invasion of Algiers...
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    Francisco de Miranda (category People of the Venezuelan War of Independence)
    liberate Venezuela with volunteers from the United States. He returned to Caracas following the outbreak of the Venezuelan War of Independence in 1810...
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    following the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence. Due to its rebellious instability originating from the Venezuelan War of Independence, the confederation...
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    José Félix Ribas (category People of the Venezuelan War of Independence)
    31 January 1815) was a Venezuelan independence leader and hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. Ribas was the last of eleven sons, born to a prominent...
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  • Following the Venezuelan War of Independence (part of the Spanish American wars of independence), Venezuela initially won independence from the Spanish...
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