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The Venezuelan's Independence was the juridical-political process with the purpose of breaking the ties that existed between the Captaincy General of Venezuela (Spanish: Capitanía General de Venezuela) and the Spanish Empire. It also meant that the replacement of the absolute monarchy by the republic  as the form of government in Venezuela.

The Venezuelan's Independence produced the armed conflict known as the Venezuelan War of Independence between the pro-independence (Spanish: patriota) and royalist (Spanish: realista) armies.

On 5 July 1811, seven of the ten provinces of the Captaincy General of Venezuela declared their independence, the anniversary of this declaration is celebrated as Independence Day. On that date, formally through the document "Venezuelan Declaration of Independence", through which Venezuelans made the decision to separate from the Spanish Crown. The patriotic society integrated by Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda and others, was the pioneer in the impulse of the separation of Venezuela from the Spanish crown.

The historical period between 1810 and 1830 has been divided by Venezuelan historiography into four parts: First Republic (1810-1812), Second Republic (1813-1814) , Third Republic (1817-1819) and Gran Colombia (1819-1830).