WK. 11a The Independence

The Colombian Independence from Spain was a slow process in which factors such as the economy, agriculture and politics, altered the facts of what happened.

In 1808 Spain`s colonies in America realized that Spain wasn`t as politically and economically stable as it had been for the past years. As this also affected Colombia, the politicians of the country started making demands to Spain`s crown. As the crown knew that Spain was loosing credibility in America, they accepted the demands made to keep the people loyal.

Later, when Spain was being invaded by France, the European government started taking soldiers and resources from Colombia to feed the war. This fact affected deeper the poverty in the American country, now that it was already on critical conditions, and lead to secret independence meetings.

As time passed by, the revolutionary ideas got stronger, causing several civil wars between those towns who supported the crown and those that were craving independence.

The 20`Th of July of 1810, Colombia got its independence from Spain. At the time Spain was leading with the occupation of France, so there wasn`t much resistance, but when Spain defeated France, the economy and strength of the country raised a little and its priorities changes. Spain’s number one priority now was to conquer Colombia again.