Venezuelan and Colombian Revolutionaries

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Were the unorganized territories of the revolutionaries during Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada.

Establishment

July 1819: The Spanish doubted Bolívar's army could make the trip through the Colombian corner of the cordillera oriental, and therefore, they were taken by surprise when Bolívar's small army emerged from the mountains on 5 July.

Chronology

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1. Spanish American wars of independence

Were a series of independence wars by the Spanish colonies in America that started after the French occupation of mainland Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.

1.1.Venezuelan War of Independence

Was the independence war of the Captaincy General of Venezuela against Spanish rule.

1.1.1.Proclamation of Gran Colombia

In 1819 Bolívar proclaimed the Republic Gran Colombia, which he planned to include Venezuela and New Granada.

December 1819: In 1819, Simón Bolívar proclaimed the Republic of Gran Colombia, which aimed to unite Venezuela and New Granada (present-day Colombia). Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a key role in Latin America's struggle for independence from Spanish rule.

1.1.1.1.Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada

Was a military campaign led by Simon Bolívar, part of the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of independence.

July 1819: Vargas Swamp Battle.

August 1819: Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader, redirected his forces towards Tunja during the Venezuelan and Colombian Wars of Independence. He successfully took the city by mid-day in 1819, further advancing the revolutionaries' cause.

August 1819: Battle of Boyacá: the bulk of the royalist army surrendered to Bolívar.

August 1819: Bolívar's army entered Bogotá without any royalist resistance.