Congress of Cúcuta

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The Congress of Cúcuta was the 1821 constituent assembly that drafted the constitution and formally created the republic of Gran Colombia in northern South America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
historical event
alsoKnownAs Congress of Cúcuta
surface form: Congreso de Cúcuta

Congress of Cúcuta
surface form: Constituent Congress of Cúcuta
appliesToJurisdiction Gran Colombia
Republic of New Granada
surface form: New Granada

Quito
Venezuela
chronology took place after the Battle of Boyacá
took place during the Spanish American wars of independence
country Gran Colombia
Colombia
surface form: Republic of Colombia
endTime 1821-10-14
followedBy Ocaña Convention
follows Angostura Congress
surface form: Congress of Angostura
hasCause Angostura Congress decisions to create a larger republic
Wars of Independence in northern South America
need to unify New Granada and Venezuela
hasEffect adoption of the Constitution of Cúcuta
creation of Gran Colombia
hasPart drafting of the 1821 Constitution of Gran Colombia
election of Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president of Gran Colombia
election of Simón Bolívar as president of Gran Colombia
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
legislativeBody Congress of Gran Colombia
surface form: Constituent Congress of Gran Colombia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Norte de Santander Department
surface form: Norte de Santander

Colombia
surface form: Republic of Colombia
location Cúcuta
Villa del Rosario
namedAfter Cúcuta
participant Francisco de Paula Santander
Simón Bolívar
delegates from New Granada
delegates from Quito
delegates from Venezuela
pointInTime 1821
significantEvent proclamation of the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
significantOutcome centralist political system for Gran Colombia
definition of territorial organization of Gran Colombia
establishment of Catholicism as state religion in Gran Colombia
framework for gradual abolition of slavery in Gran Colombia
regulation of citizenship and suffrage in Gran Colombia
startTime 1821-05-06
topic Gran Colombia
Latin American independence
constitutional history of Colombia
constitutional history of Venezuela

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Gran Colombia establishedBy Congress of Cúcuta
this entity surface form: Congress of Angostura
Gran Colombia establishedBy Congress of Cúcuta
Congress of Cúcuta alsoKnownAs Congress of Cúcuta
this entity surface form: Constituent Congress of Cúcuta
Congress of Cúcuta alsoKnownAs Congress of Cúcuta
this entity surface form: Congreso de Cúcuta
Constitution of Cúcuta adoptedBy Congress of Cúcuta
Angostura Congress followedBy Congress of Cúcuta
this entity surface form: Cúcuta Congress