The independence (Wk 11A)

This chapter tells how the citizens in Colombia began to search for the independence, like every country in the World that has been colonized.

It was thought that the independence process of Colombia started in 1810, but really it started in 1808, when the Pre-Columbians, and Comuneros began to realize that the Spaniards were taking control of the complete country, and they were converting into some kind of slaves. All the people were worried about this situation, the governor of Cartagena de Indias was worried too, “manifiesto públicamente, en 1810, que el terrorismo era el medio mas eficaz para mantener a los pueblos en quietud” (Colombia imagines de su diversidad 19… a hoy, pg 118).

The citizens were so desperate that they made a council named “Real provisión de la suprema junta del gobierno”. There they talked about the country, and made things for the country. At the end all this council became a city council.

In the city council, the people asked:

1. To establish the administration in the city.

2. To et over the abuse and the miss trust from the Spaniards.

3. To become very similar to the Castilla´s kingdom.

4. To send to the supreme council the same rules that were dictated.


“ El cabildo consideraba que este era el modo mas seguro de conservar la unión nacional y ser conducida a todo el grado de poder a que la convidan sus innumerables recursos” pg 125.

One of the causes for the citizens to search for the independence was because of the strict hierarchy in the country being the king the most powerful.

“La independencia constituye entonces fenómeno de ruptura y transición, un esfuerzo por salir del pasado y por construir la modernidad” pg 127.

In this chapter you can notice how the people were desperate to be independent from Spain, they wanted to choose their own rulers and control the complete country. And my question for this chapter is: ¿do you think that the independence was a good idea?