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  Venezuelan War of Independence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venezuelan Independence War in 1811-1812 was Venezuela's first war for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
It was part of Bolívar's War, a series of revolutionary wars led by South American general Simón Bolívar.
The Latin American independence movement was launched a year after Simon Bolívar's return from Europe, as Napoleon's invasion of Spain unsettled Spanish authority.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venezuelan_Independence_War   (317 words)

  
 Bolívar's War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bolívar's War refers to a series of independence wars in South America from 1811 to 1825 led by the famous South American nationalist and general Simón Bolívar.
These wars eventually led to the independence of several South American states from the colonial rule of Spain.
Independence movements in the northern regions of Spanish South America had an inauspicious beginning in 1806.
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 Encyclopedia: Venezuela
The Venezuelan president is elected by a popular vote, with direct and universal suffrage, and functions as both head of state and head of government.
Venezuelan architecture examples are the National Pantheon, the Baralt Theatre, the Teatro Teresa Carreño,and the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge.
By means of the signing of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence on July 5, 1811, Venezuelans of the time took the decision, supported by several politicians, of breaking away from the Kingdom of Spain and to build a new nation to split the premises of equality between individuals, abolition of...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Venezuela   (9723 words)

  
 Independence
Declaration of independence A declaration of independence is a proclamation of the independence of a newly formed or ref...
Independence, Ohio Independence is a city located in 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,109.
War of Independence of 1857 This article should be merged with Indian Mutiny, upon the resolution of the dispute regardi...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/independence.html   (1417 words)

  
 List of wars - Gurupedia
1532 - 1546 Ottoman-Habsburg War in the Mediterranean
War of 1812 fought between the United States and Britain, and part of the greater war between Britain and France
War of the Pacific between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru
www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_wars.htm   (1087 words)

  
 List of battles (alphabetical) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of the Bosnian Highlands - 927 - Croatian-Bulgarian War of 927
Battle of Crysler's Farm - 1813 - War of 1812
Battle of Ligny - 1815 - War of the Seventh Coalition
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_battles_(alphabetical)   (5253 words)

  
 Venezuelan War of Independence - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
in 1811-1812 was Venezuelas first war for independence from Spanish colonial rule.
The Latin_American independence movement was launched a year after Simon Bolívar's return from Europe, as Napoleon's invasion of Spain unsettled Spanish authority.
Bolívar himself participated in many conspiratorial meetings, and on April_19, 1810, the Spanish governor was officially deprived of his powers and expelled from Venezuela.
www.indexsuche.com /Venezuelan_War_of_Independence.html   (321 words)

  
 Venezuela   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said the name change was an essential part of his "revolutionary project" to change the country's constitution.
National Flag of Venezuela, 1930 - Established on July 15th by disposition of the National Congress (as it must be), it incorporates the constellation of stars in arc of circle with the convexity upwards, perhaps, as remembrance of the crest that until that year enriched some reproductions of the Coat of Arms of the Republic.
As for the state and war flag, the exact disposition and size of stars is not determined and variations are used.
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 Guyana: The Shape Of Guyana
She claimed in front of the seventeenth session of the UN General Assembly that Venezuelan rights to territory had been ignored by the tribunal which had settled the frontier, and that the whole award had been the result, not of a judicial process, but of a political deal.
The war was to last eighty years, during the course of which the Dutch hammered the Spaniards in the colonial theatre as well as at home, and attempted to set up colonies in the Americas.
As it was, the Venezuelans nominated the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Melville Fuller.
www.guyana.org /features/shape_guyana.html   (5499 words)

  
 Venezuela - Historical Flags (1810-1817)
Flag of the Liberator Army - 1811 / 1819 - Is the same Flag of 1811 omitting the emblem of the corner because of the same development of the Venezuelan War of Independence.
1811 Venezuelan Flag as referred by the Venezuelan Historian Jerónimo Martínez-Mendoza, is a uncertain version of the so called "Mother Flag" because its description on the "Gazeta de Caracas" (Caracas Bulletin) dated on July 14th, 1811 not mention the existence of stars.
In 1813 and with the support of a portion of New Granada that had reached certain autonomy, Bolivar invades Venezuela crossing the Andes and develops a fast but victorious march that leads it to Caracas where was conferred he the title of El Libertador.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ve-hist2.html   (1378 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of wars Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Table of contents 1 Wars in History 1.1 Era of Ancient Greece 1.2 Era of Ancient Rome 1.3 Middle Ages 1.4 Pike and Shot era 1.5 Age of Rifles 1.6 World War era 1.7 Cold War era 1.8 Post-Cold War era 2...
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 fought between the United States and Britain, and part of the greater war between Britain and France
1879 - 1884 War of the Pacific between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru
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 List of battles (alphabetical)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Battle of Abukir - twoo battles - 1798 and 1801 - Wars of the French Revolution
Battle of Shrewsbury - 1403 - Percy Revolt against Henry IV Battle of Solférino - 1859 - Italian Independence War
World War I Bombing of Dresden California US Constitution Frank Sinatra Boston Marbury v.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-battles-(alphabetical).htm   (5196 words)

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