Colombian War of Independence

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armed conflict historical event war of independence

The Colombian War of Independence was an early 19th-century armed struggle in northern South America that led to the liberation of present-day Colombia and neighboring regions from Spanish colonial rule and the formation of Gran Colombia.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → historical event → war of independence →
belligerent	Spanish Empire → patriot forces of New Granada → royalist forces →
cause	Bourbon Reforms → Spanish colonial rule in New Granada → crisis of legitimacy of the Spanish monarchy → impact of Napoleonic invasion of Spain → influence of Enlightenment ideas →
commander	Antonio Nariño → Camilo Torres Tenorio → Francisco de Paula Santander → Juan Sámano → Pablo Morillo → Simón Bolívar →
conflictType	anti-colonial war → revolutionary war →
endDate	1819 →
historicalPeriod	early 19th century →
ideology	liberalism → republicanism →
involvedTerritory	Captaincy General of Venezuela → New Granada →
keyBattle	Battle of Boyacá → Battle of Cúcuta → Battle of Pantano de Vargas →
languageOfCombatants	Spanish →
location	Viceroyalty of New Granada → present-day Colombia → present-day Ecuador → present-day Panama → present-day Venezuela →
opposedIdeology	absolutist monarchy →
outcome	collapse of Spanish royalist control in New Granada → creation of the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) →
partOf	Spanish American wars of independence →
result	formation of Gran Colombia → independence of New Granada from Spain →
significantEvent	Admirable Campaign → Battle of Boyacá → Battle of Carabobo (linked Venezuelan campaign) → Battle of Cúcuta → Battle of Pantano de Vargas → Crossing of the Andes by Bolívar → Patria Boba period → Reconquista of New Granada → Revolution of July 20, 1810 →
startDate	1810 →
successorState	Gran Colombia →
turningPoint	patriot victory at the Battle of Boyacá →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Order of Boyacá →	associatedWithEvent
Antonio Nariño →	foughtIn
Order of Boyacá ("Boyacá (referencing national independence victory)") →	hasMotto
Latin American independence movements →	hasPart
Spanish America →	independenceMovement
Antonio Nariño ("Colombian independence movement") →	movement
Venezuelan War of Independence →	relatedMovement
Colombian War of Independence ("Reconquista of New Granada") →	significantEvent