Viceroyalty of New Granada

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jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. Created in 1717 by King Felipe V, as part of a new territorial control policy, it was suspended in 1723 for financial problems and was restored in 1739 until the independence movement suspended it again in 1810. The territory corresponding to Panama was incorporated later in 1739, and the provinces of Venezuela were separated from the Viceroyalty and assigned to the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1777. In addition to those core areas, the territory of the Viceroyalty of New Granada included Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, southwestern Suriname, parts of northwestern Brazil, and northern Peru. A strip along the Atlantic Ocean in Mosquito Coast was added by the Royal Decree of 20 November 1803, but the British battled for administrative control.Template:Fact

Colonial historyEdit

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Spanish and Portuguese empires, 1790.

Two centuries after the establishment of the New Kingdom of Granada in the 16th century, whose governor was dependent upon the Viceroy of Peru at Lima, and an audiencia at Santa Fe de Bogotá (today capital of the republic of Colombia), the slowness of communications between the two capitals led to the creation of an independent Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717 (and its reestablishment in 1739 after a short interruption). Other provinces corresponding to modern Ecuador, the eastern and southern parts of today's Venezuela,<ref>Template:In lang Diccionario de Historia de Venezuela. Caracas: Fundación Polar, 1997.</ref> and Panama came together in a political unit under the jurisdiction of Bogotá, confirming that city as one of the principal administrative centers of the Spanish possessions in the New World, along with Lima and Mexico City. Sporadic attempts at reform were directed at increasing efficiency and centralizing authority, but control from Spain was never very effective.

The rough and diverse geography of northern South America and the limited range of proper roads made travel and communications within the viceroyalty difficult. The establishment of an autonomous Captaincy General in Caracas in 1777 and the preservation of the older Audiencia of Quito, nominally subject to the Viceroy but for most purposes independent, was a response to the necessities of effectively governing the peripheral regions. Some analysts also consider that these measures reflected a degree of local traditions that eventually contributed to the differing political and national differences among these territories once they became independent in the nineteenth century and which the unifying efforts of Simón Bolívar could not overcome.

Guajira rebellionEdit

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Map of La Guajira in 1769

The Spanish had never subjugated the Wayuu. The two groups were in a more or less permanent state of war. There had been rebellions in 1701 (when they destroyed a Capuchin mission), 1727 (when more than 2,000 Wayuus attacked the Spanish), 1741, 1757, 1761 and 1768. In 1718, Governor Soto de Herrera called them "barbarians, horse thieves, worthy of death, without God, without law, and without a king." Of all the Indians in the territory of Colombia, the Wayuu were unique in having learned the use of firearms and horses.<ref name=TGR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1769 the Spanish took 22 Wayuus captive, in order to put them to work building the fortifications of Cartagena. The reaction of the Wayuus was unexpected. On 2 May 1769, at El Rincón, near Riohacha, they set their village afire, burning the church and two Spaniards who had taken refuge in it. They also captured the priest. The Spanish immediately dispatched an expedition from El Rincón to capture the Wayuus. At the head of this force was José Antonio de Sierra, a mestizo who had also headed the party that had taken the 22 Guajiro captives. The Guajiros recognized him and forced his party to take refuge in the house of the curate, which they then set afire. Sierra and eight of his men were killed.<ref name=TGR/>

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Pedro Messía de la Cerda, Viceroy of New Granada

This success was soon known in other Guajiro areas, and more men joined the revolt. According to Messía, at the peak, there were 20,000 Wayuus under arms. Many had firearms acquired from English and Dutch smugglers, sometimes even from the Spanish. This enabled the rebels to take nearly all the settlements of the region, which they burned. According to the authorities, more than 100 Spaniards were killed and many others were taken prisoner. Many cattle were also taken by the rebels. The Spaniards took refuge in Riohacha and sent urgent messages to Maracaibo, Valledupar, Santa Marta and Cartagena, the latter responding by sending 100 troops. The rebels themselves were not unified. Sierra's relatives among the Indians took up arms against the rebels to avenge his death. A battle between the two groups of Wayuus was fought at La Soledad. That and the arrival of the Spanish reinforcements caused the rebellion to fade away, but not before the Guajiro had regained much territory.<ref name=TGR/>

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Administrative divisionsEdit

New Kingdom of Granada (Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá)Edit

The Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá was established in 1549, but became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717. It was re-incorporated into the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1723 to 1739. It met in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá until it was disestablished in 1810. It was briefly re-established between 1816 and 1819. It had the following provinces under its authority:

Province of Santa Fe (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819) (seat of the Real Audiencia)
Province of Antioquia (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Cartagena de Indias (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Casanare (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Mariquita (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Neiva (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of New Pamplona (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Santa Marta (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1821)
Province of Tunja (1717 to 1723, 1739 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Chocó (1726 to 1810 and 1816 to 1819)
Province of Trinidad (1739 to 1777)
Province of Darién (1751 to 1821)
Province of Panama (1751 to 1821)
Province of Portobelo (1751 to 1821)
Province of Veraguas (1751 to 1821)
Province of Socorro (from 1795 to 1810 and from 1816 to 1819)

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Political division of the central provinces of New Granada, those subject to the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá around 1810, plus the Province of Popayán.

Kingdom of Quito (Real Audiencia of Quito)Edit

Province of Quito (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1822)
Province of Jaén de Bracamoros (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1821)
Province of Macas (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1821)
Province of Maynas (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1802)
Province of Popayán (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1821)
Province of Quijos (1717 to 1723 and 1739 to 1802)
Province of Cuenca (1763 to 1822)
Province of Guayaquil (1763 to 1803)

Kingdom of Tierra Firme (Real Audiencia of Panama)Edit

Province of Panama (1739 to 1751)
Province of Darién (1739 to 1751)
Province of Portobelo (1739 to 1751)
Province of Veraguas (1739 to 1751)

Kingdom and Captaincy General of Venezuela (Real Audiencia of Caracas)Edit

Province of Caracas (1786 to 1810)
Province of Barinas (1786 to 1810)
Province of Guayana (1786 to 1810)
Province of New Andalusia (1786 to 1810)
Province of Maracaibo (1786 to 1810)
Province of Margarita (1786 to 1810)
Province of Trinidad (1786 to 1802)

Independent historyEdit

The retribution stoked renewed rebellion, which, combined with a weakened Spain, made possible a successful independence struggle led mainly by Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Paula Santander in neighboring Venezuela. Bolívar returned to New Granada only in 1819 after establishing himself as leader of the pro-independence forces in the Venezuelan llanos. From there Bolivar led an army over the Andes and captured New Granada after a quick campaign that ended at the Battle of Boyacá, on 7 August 1819, finally proclaimed independence in 1821. The pro-Spanish resistance was defeated in 1822 in the present territory of Colombia and in 1823 in Venezuela.

The territories of the viceroyalty gained full de facto independence from Spain between 1819 and 1822 after a series of military and political struggles, uniting in a republic now known as Gran Colombia.

With the dissolution of Gran Colombia, the states of Ecuador, Venezuela, and the Republic of New Granada were created. The Republic of New Granada, with its capital at Bogotá, lasted from 1831 to 1856. The name "Colombia" reappeared in the "United States of Colombia"; the new name for the country having been introduced by a liberal government after a civil war. The use of the term "New Granada" survived in conservative circles, such as among ecclesiastics.

DemographicsEdit

In the 1778 census, New Granada had a population of around 1,280,000, around 40% of the population being Indians with around 500,000 people, with the next largest group being free Mestizos and Africans at around 400,000, then Whites with close to 300,000, and the smallest group at around 70,000 people being slaves.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> However, in the current territory of Colombia, it was estimated that the population was 826,550.<ref name="Censo1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> New Granada was estimated to have 2,150,000 inhabitants in 1810.<ref name="Atlas">Template:Cite book</ref>

NotesEdit

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BibliographyEdit

Fisher, John R., Allan J. Keuthe and Anthony McFarlane, eds. Reform and Insurrection in Bourbon New Granada and Peru. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1990. Template:ISBN
Kuethe, Alan J. Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1773-1808. Gainesville, University Presses of Florida, 1978. Template:ISBN
McFarlane, Anthony. Colombia Before Independence: Economy, Society, and Politics under Bourbon Rule. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993. Template:ISBN
Phelan, John Leddy. The People and the King: The Comunero Revolution in Colombia, 1781. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. Template:ISBN
Torres, James. "Bullion and Monetary Flows in the Northern Andes: New Evidence and Insights". Revista Tiempo y Economia 6(1), 13–46, {{#invoke:doi|main}}

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Viceroyalty of New Granada

Contents

Colonial historyEdit

Guajira rebellionEdit

Administrative divisionsEdit

New Kingdom of Granada (Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá)Edit

Kingdom of Quito (Real Audiencia of Quito)Edit

Kingdom of Tierra Firme (Real Audiencia of Panama)Edit

Kingdom and Captaincy General of Venezuela (Real Audiencia of Caracas)Edit

Independent historyEdit

DemographicsEdit

See alsoEdit

NotesEdit

BibliographyEdit

External linksEdit