Colombian History and Politics

Colombian History to 1900

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  1. Which date do Colombians celebrate as Independence Day, recalling the cry of 1810 in Bogota?
  2. Which battle of 7 August 1819 secured independence for New Granada?
  3. Who founded Bogota on 6 August 1538?
  4. Which city, founded in 1525, is the oldest surviving Spanish city in Colombia?
  5. Which legend of golden ritual among the Muisca drew Spanish explorers to Lake Guatavita?
  6. Which viceroyalty, made permanent in 1739, had Bogota as its capital?
  7. What was the Comuneros revolt of 1781 in the town of El Socorro a protest against?
  8. Which Bogota-born patriot translated the Rights of Man into Spanish in 1794?
  9. Which general, known as the man of laws, was the vice president of Gran Colombia and later president of New Granada?
  10. In which year did Gran Colombia, formed in 1819, break up into separate states?
  11. Where did Simon Bolivar die in December 1830?
  12. Which constitution of 1886, written under Rafael Nunez, remained in force for over a century?
  13. Which conflict of 1899 to 1902 between Liberals and Conservatives cost many lives and ended with the Treaty of Wisconsin?
  14. In which year did Panama separate from Colombia, with US support?
  15. The Battle of Boyaca was in 1819 and Panama's separation in 1903. How many years apart are they?
  16. Which names did Colombia carry in the 19th century before 1886?
  17. Which Indigenous people built the Lost City in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta around the 9th century?
  18. In which year was slavery abolished by law in Colombia?
  19. Which sequence lists these events in order, earliest first?
  20. Which sentence about Bolivar and Gran Colombia is correct?
  21. Who was the royalist general known as the Pacifier who besieged Cartagena in 1815?
  22. Which independence heroine of Bogota was executed by firing squad in 1817 for spying?
  23. Which statement about the siege of Cartagena in 1815 is correct?
  24. Which border town hosted the Congress of 1821 that drafted the first constitution of Gran Colombia?
  25. Which list pairs each founder with the city he founded correctly?

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