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Join the revolution!

Join the revolution!. Liberate New Granada. New Granada . Spanish viceroyalty Includes present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. Creole Discontent . Creole – Spanish citizens born in the American colony Wanted free trade with North America and the rest of Europe

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Join the revolution!

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  1. Join the revolution! Liberate New Granada

  2. New Granada • Spanish viceroyalty • Includes present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama

  3. Creole Discontent • Creole – Spanish citizens born in the American colony • Wanted free trade with North America and the rest of Europe • Hated royal taxes • Treated unfairly compared to Spanish-born peninsulares • Attracted to Enlightenment and French Revolution ideas

  4. Juntas • During Napoleon’s reign • Creoles established juntas – regional political committees • To protect their interests and promote self-government while the monarchy was deposed • Ended the special treatment of peninsulares • Rise of Creole influence

  5. A Great Leader – Simón Bolivar • Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco • Military general • Strong supporter of independence and the creation of a republic • Known as “The Liberator” for helping to free New Granada, Peru, and Bolivia

  6. Results of the Revolution • December 1824, Bolivar defeats Spanish royalists at Battle of Ayacucho • New Granada unites into the Republic of Gran Colombia • Wealthy Creole merchants took control of social and political life • Free trade, more democracy

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