Angostura Congress

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The Angostura Congress was a pivotal 1819 assembly in present-day Venezuela where Simón Bolívar outlined his political vision and helped lay the foundations for the creation of Gran Colombia.

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Angostura Congress canonical 5
Congress of Angostura 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional congress
historical legislative assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Gran Colombia
Viceroyalty of New Granada
surface form: New Granada

Venezuela
approvedDocument Constitution of Cúcuta
surface form: Constitutional basis for Gran Colombia

Constitution of Cúcuta
surface form: Fundamental Law of the Republic of Colombia
category 19th-century political conferences
Constituent assemblies of South America
Simón Bolívar
chronologyPosition predecessor to the Cúcuta Constitution of 1821
convenedBy Simón Bolívar
country Venezuela
endTime 1821
followedBy Congress of Cúcuta
surface form: Cúcuta Congress
hasEffect creation of the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia)
foundation of Gran Colombia
hasKeyFigure Francisco Antonio Zea
Francisco de Paula Santander
Juan Germán Roscio
Simón Bolívar
hasPart Angostura
surface form: Angostura Address
historicalPeriod Latin American independence movements
surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
inception 1819-02-15
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
locatedIn Angostura
locatedInPresentDay Bolívar State
surface form: Bolívar state

Ciudad Bolívar
Venezuela
mainTheme political organization of Spanish American independence territories
representative democracy
republican government
separation of powers
strong executive power
namedAfter Angostura
partOf history of Colombia
history of Gran Colombia
history of Venezuela
pointInTime 1819
presidedBy Simón Bolívar
significance formulated Bolívar’s political vision for Spanish America
pivotal step toward the creation of Gran Colombia
reorganized the independence movement in Venezuela and New Granada
significantEvent delivery of the Angostura Address
startTime 1819-02-15

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Ciudad Bolívar hasHistoricEvent Angostura Congress
President of Gran Colombia createdBy Angostura Congress
this entity surface form: Congress of Angostura
Congress of Cúcuta follows Angostura Congress
this entity surface form: Congress of Angostura
Angostura significantEvent Angostura Congress
Angostura gaveSpeechAt Angostura Congress
subject surface form: Simón Bolívar
Casa del Congreso de Angostura namedAfter Angostura Congress