Viceroyalty of New Granada Essays

  • Colombian Independence Movements

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    Colombian Independence Movements A series of independence movements had marked most of South America, or “Nueva Granada” in particular during the vast time period of the early 16th century up until the late 18th century – early 19th century. An introduction of the time period which dates back to the late 15th century, illustrates how the Southern portion of the now Colombia had become a part of the Incan Empire whose central base had been located deep into Peru. Only the enlightened historians and

  • Chilean War Essay

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    Chilean War of Independence: There was a violent conflict between the Chilean criollos(pro-independence) that were seeking economic and political independence from Spain; and the criollos who were royalists that supported the Captaincy General of Chile and the Spanish Empire. A declaration of independence was officially declared by Chile on February 12, 1818. At first, freedom did not have support among all of the Chileans because they were divided between royalists and independists. This started

  • Cultural Impact Of The Columbian Exchange

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    and a numerous amount of diseases were all brought forth into the New and Old Worlds. The amount of goods and services that were sold and transferred during the years of the Columbian Exchange were uncalculatable. A lot of global change erected from the Columbian Exchange and with the exchange came a never ending connection between the Old and New Worlds that ran deeper than the ocean they had to travel across. There were many new cultural, social, political, and economic connections that were made

  • Venezuelan Independence

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    process. England and the United States promoted secession, Venezuelans wanted more autonomy in their territory. Grad Colombia The modern nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador are grouped together, from 1740, as the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada with its capital at Bogotá which it was located in Colombia. Was a territorial entity, member of the Spanish Empire, established by the Spanish Crown, during the American rule, this short-lived republic encompassed the territories of present-day

  • Juicio Imparcial: Clement Xiii's Absolutism

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    In 1769, Campomanes published his Juicio imparcial, in which he commented Clement XIII’s Brief from the perspective of the enlightened absolutism promoted by the Bourbon House. In his Juicio imparcial, Campomanes established that the Brief had three basic problems: the assumption of the sovereignty of the Pope over Parma; the establishment of the possibility for the subjects of not being loyal to the Crown; and, finally, the influence of the General of the Jesuits and the Cardinal Torrigiani, over

  • The Quito Rebellion

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    For example, the Quito rebellion, had limited repercussions because of the city’s remoteness, according to Elliott. The author describes Quito as a lonesome city in the Andean highlands and that despite being incorporated into the viceroyalty of New Granada, it took eight to ten weeks to reach the viceroyalty’s capital. Furthermore, a few decades later, the Tupac Amaru Rebellion in Peru, which encompassed a bigger territory, still didn’t have a big enough impact on the rest of the Spanish Americas

  • Bourbon Reform & How It Affected the Independence Movement

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    battles. Spain suffered in America from colonization of the English, the Dutch and the French. This enlightenment era and its effects came to be realized in the eve of Spain’s independence from its colonizers. The Bourbons were inspired to create a New Spain using mercantilist policies that were employed by regimes in the early modern world to revive their economies. Bourbon Reforms Filipe V succeeded in this Succession War, which allowed the Bourbon Monarchy to initiate reforms in effort to centralize

  • Colombia

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    Colombia Colombia, republic in South America, situated in the northwestern part of the continent, and bounded on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea, on the east by Venezuela and Brazil, on the south by Peru and Ecuador, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only country of South America with coasts on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The total land area of the country is 1,141,748 sq km (440,831 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Bogotá. IILAND AND RESOURCES

  • spain

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    The History of Spain The Spaniard civilization can date all the way back to the Stone Age. Because of its agricultural wealth, Spain was acknowledged to have people occupy its land approximately 32,000 years ago. In A.D. 409, Spain was overrun by German invaders, but they were later forced out of the country and into Africa by a group called the Visigoths. The Visigoths, however, would soon lose control over Spain from a battle lost by the Byzantine Empire in 507. By 585, they would regain control

  • Informative Speech On Spain

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    The original design was designated on May 25th 1785 for the new Spanish war by King Charles III. Before the Spanish war ensign it was plain white with the Spanish arms in the center. This flag became the flag for Spanish Navy buildings by the General Navy Regulations 1793. The colors of Spain’s national flag are