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The Independence of Colombia was the historical process that ended the stage governed by the Spanish Empire in the current territory of the country. This process was waged in the midst of a conflict developed between 1810 and 1819, a conflict that was waged to emancipate the territories that then comprised the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

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The period between 1810 and 1816 is known as the Foolish Homeland, as it was characterized by intense fighting between the independentists, who sought to define the form of government for the new state. This is the first stage of the process of emancipation of the provinces of the New Kingdom of Granada, which was accompanied by various convulsions that were separated from the way in which the political-administrative administration of the nascent state should be organized. Thus two tendencies were established, federalism that defended the total independence of the Spanish system and the autonomy of the provinces, while centralism advocated the permanence of the Spanish government in America. The constant struggle between federalists (led by Camilo Torres ) and centralists (under the command of Antonio Nariño) produced -in this nation just in formation and development- political instability and several regional and civil wars throughout the territory