Columbian Independence Day

Columbians deposed their viceroy on July 20, 1810. The elite bogata creoo then called to serve in this hunta tried to maintain some semblance of vice regal authority. But events were moving very quickly and agitators out in the street protested against the prominent position now being played by the viceroy. On july 20, fifth, the hunta gave way to the streets and the viceroys was forced to resign. Bogoton was now the hands of local creoo leadership. This question would run everyone's smack dab into the problem of federalism. And so we'll move now to reconnect with that little three man venesuelan embassy