Colonial institutions were installed in 1550, when it housed the Royal Audience of Santa Fe de Bogota, comprising the territories of the provinces of Santa Marta, Rio de San Juan, Popayan, Guyana and Cartagena de Indias. Although the provinces of Caracas, Cumaná, Guayana and Maracaibo depended on the Royal Court, on several occasions, alternated this function, especially in the judiciary, with the Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo. In the eighteenth century New Granada viceroyalty stands as capital in the city of Santa Fe, being formed by the Hearings Santa Fe, Panama and Quito, and some provinces of what would later become the Captaincy General of Venezuela.
Throughout the colonial times, the area was the target of attacks by pirates in the service of the British Crown, which was defeated in 1741, during the War of Jenkins's ear after having perpetrated the site of Cartagena de Indias. In 1781 there was the uprising of the commoners, which was the first manifestation of Creole identity, the insurgents marching through the capital to protest new taxes of Spanish and claim their share of the national wealth.
On the morning of July 20, Joaquín Camacho went to the residence of the Viceroy Antonio José Amar y Borbón, to request an application response about the establishment of a governing board in Santa Fe, but the refusal of the viceroy himself coupled his arrogance, made to proceed to join the fray with the excuse of the loan of a vase.
Luis Rubio, went to visit the business José González Llorente to borrow the said object, to be used for dinner visit to the Royal Commissioner Antonio Villavicencio, but once turned negative loan haughty attitude Llorente itself. The Creoles in view of this, and as I had planned from the day before, took the vase and broke to provoke Llorente and thus raised tempers of the people against the Spanish. The Creoles knew Llorente, being a trader, would the refusal to provide the vase, first because a trader sells only items, and second because he would not give anything to the Creoles to meet other Creole (A. Villavicencio) thus the vase was the excuse to create the Brawl.
Subsequently, a group of natives, among whom was Francisco José de Caldas, made a bow of submission to Spanish, which was received on a host by Llorente.
Instantly Morales Antonio Caldas rebuked him for trying Shape Llorente the Creoles with expletives, causing turbulent response of the people, attacking Llorente. The mayor of Santa Fe, José Miguel Pey, tried to calm the people pulling Llorente, while José María Carbonell encouraged people to join the protest.
By late afternoon, things quieted down, and proceeded to appoint the members of the Board, at the request of Joseph Acevedo and Gómez (for what history would call later as the tribune of the people), but the designation of the viceroy as Chairman of the Board, caused the animosity of the people.
Finally, we attempted to crush the popular manifestation through the Spanish commander Juan de Samano, so Acevedo and Goméz himself warned the people to declare guilty of high treason, to anyone opposed to the newly constituted Board. Later the call for an open meeting, and then arrest the judges and the viceroy, to become effective for 21 and July 26 proceeded to declare freedom to the Board of the Council of Regency.
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Medellin:
It is one of the main cities of Colombia, is very very nice, they aver on the images and have a great meal.! Also some people are impressed seeing a big city these, surrounded by mountains.The city that gives around the center and is surrounded by beautiful mountains ..!
Cartagena:
Cartagena is one of the best places to visit in Colombia, have a walled city, castles and more, people are there to charm you, Cartagena has many story within that walled city still stand many buildings from the Spanish old and has a rich history of America.
