Republic of New Granada

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República de la Nueva Granada
Republic of New Granada
1831-1858
Flag of Colombia
Colombia coat of arms
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Motto : Libertad y Orden
( Spanish for "freedom and order" )
Capital Santa Fe de Bogotá
Form of government republic
currency peso
founding 1831
resolution 1858
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The Republic of New Granada (short New Granada ) was a centralized republic in the area of ​​today's Colombia and Panama and parts of Ecuador , Peru , Brazil , Costa Rica , Venezuela and Nicaragua . The state came into being after the dissolution of Greater Colombia in 1830 through the secession of Ecuador and Venezuela. In 1858 the state was renamed again when the Granada Confederation was formed.

history

The Republic of New Granada was repeatedly challenged by centrifugal forces and shaken by violent conflicts and civil wars. In 1840 there were uprisings and a border conflict with Ecuador. Panama tried unsuccessfully to break away from New Granada in 1840 and 1850. In 1851 a civil war took place, triggered by the reforms of President José Hilario López, which included the liberation of slaves, expulsion of the Jesuits , freedom of the press and the abolition of the death penalty. In 1853 there was a liberal constitutional reform, in 1854 another civil war under the dictatorship of General José María Melo . In 1858 a federal constitution was introduced. A revolt by General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera in 1860 sparked a three-year civil war. After the capture of Bogotá by Mosquera in 1861, who made himself president, the country was renamed and received a new constitution (see Granada Confederation ).

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