First Republic of Venezuela

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former sovereign state historical polity

The First Republic of Venezuela was the short-lived independent Venezuelan state established after the country’s initial break from Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Republic of Venezuela	2
Primera República de Venezuela	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former sovereign state ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ surface form: Primera República de Venezuela
capital	Caracas ⓘ
colonialPowerOverthrown	Spanish Empire ⓘ
constitution	Constitution of 1811 (Venezuela) ⓘ
constitutionAdopted	1811-12-21 ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Venezuela ⓘ
currency	Venezuelan peso ⓘ
endDate	1812-07-25 ⓘ
endEvent	Capitulation of San Mateo ⓘ Fall of Caracas to Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
establishedBy	Cabildo of Caracas ⓘ Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Venezuelan independence movement
firstLeader	Cristóbal Mendoza ⓘ
flagUsed	tricolor flag of yellow, blue, and red horizontal stripes ⓘ
followedBy	Restored Spanish colonial rule in Venezuela ⓘ Second Republic of Venezuela ⓘ
governmentType	representative democracy ⓘ republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of the Supreme Executive Power ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President of the Supreme Executive Power ⓘ
historicalEra	The Age of Revolution ⓘ surface form: Age of Revolution Napoleonic era ⓘ
inspiredBy	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution Enlightenment ideas ⓘ French Revolution ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
legislature	Supreme Congress of Venezuela ⓘ
notableLeader	Francisco de Miranda ⓘ Juan Escalona ⓘ Juan Germán Roscio ⓘ Simón Bolívar ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence Venezuelan War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy	Captaincy General of Venezuela ⓘ
reasonForDownfall	1812 Caracas earthquake ⓘ economic difficulties ⓘ internal political divisions ⓘ military defeats by Spanish royalist forces ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startDate	1811-07-05 ⓘ
startEvent	Declaration of Independence of Venezuela ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Province of Barcelona ⓘ surface form: Barcelona Province Barinas Province ⓘ Caracas Province ⓘ Cumaná Province ⓘ Bolívar State ⓘ surface form: Guayana Province Margarita Province ⓘ Mérida Province ⓘ Trujillo Province ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Republic of Venezuela → alsoKnownAs → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

this entity surface form: Primera República de Venezuela

Captaincy General of Venezuela → followedBy → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

Viceroyalty of New Granada → followedBy → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

Francisco de Miranda → founded → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

Venezuelan War of Independence → notableEvent → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

Gran Colombia → succeededBy → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Venezuela

Venezuelan War of Independence → successorState → First Republic of Venezuela ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Venezuela