Comunero Revolt in New Granada

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The Comunero Revolt in New Granada was a major 1781 popular uprising in present-day Colombia against Spanish colonial authorities, sparked by new taxes and economic controls and often seen as a precursor to Latin American independence movements.

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instanceOf anti-colonial movement
historical event
popular uprising
rebellion
alsoKnownAs Comunero Revolt in New Granada
surface form: Comunero Rebellion in New Granada

Comunero Revolt in New Granada
surface form: Revolt of the Comuneros of New Granada
chronology occurred during the reign of Charles III of Spain
country Viceroyalty of New Granada
describedAs major 18th-century popular uprising in New Granada
one of the earliest large-scale revolts against Spanish rule in northern South America
hasCause increased sales taxes (alcabala)
increased tribute demands on indigenous people
new tobacco monopoly regulations
restrictions on local commerce and production
hasEffect challenged Spanish colonial fiscal policies in New Granada
considered a precursor to Latin American independence
inspired later independence movements in New Granada
hasTheme anti-colonial sentiment
economic justice
social protest
tax resistance
historicalPeriod late colonial period in Spanish America
influenced early 19th-century independence leaders in New Granada
leader Isidro Molina
José Antonio Galán
Juan Francisco Berbeo
Manuel Ortiz de Zárate
location Bogotá
Socorro, Santander
Tunja
Viceroyalty of New Granada
Colombia
surface form: present-day Colombia
mainCause economic controls by Spanish colonial administration
new taxes imposed by Spanish colonial authorities
popular discontent with Bourbon Reforms
opposedTo Spanish colonial authorities
participant Creole population of New Granada
artisans and peasants of New Granada
indigenous communities in New Granada
mestizo population of New Granada
partOf resistance to Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Empire
result execution of several comunero leaders
revocation of many concessions by Spanish authorities
temporary concessions by colonial authorities
significantEvent march of comunero forces toward Bogotá
signing of the Capitulations of Zipaquirá
subsequent royalist repression of rebel leaders
startTime 1781

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Bourbon Reforms relatedEvent Comunero Revolt in New Granada
Santander Department historicalEvent Comunero Revolt in New Granada
this entity surface form: Comuneros Revolt region
Comunero Revolt in New Granada alsoKnownAs Comunero Revolt in New Granada
this entity surface form: Comunero Rebellion in New Granada
Comunero Revolt in New Granada alsoKnownAs Comunero Revolt in New Granada
this entity surface form: Revolt of the Comuneros of New Granada
Socorro hasHistoricEvent Comunero Revolt in New Granada
this entity surface form: Comuneros Revolt of 1781