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Confederation of Venezuela American Confederation of Venezuela | |||||||||||||
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1810–1812 | |||||||||||||
![]() The First Republic of Venezuela | |||||||||||||
Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||
Capital | Valencia | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||||||
Triumvirate | |||||||||||||
• 1811–12 | Cristóbal Mendoza, Juan Escalona, Baltazar Padrón | ||||||||||||
• 1812 | Francisco Espejo, Fernando Rodriguez, Francisco J. Ustariz | ||||||||||||
• 1812 | Francisco de Miranda | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Spanish American wars of independence | ||||||||||||
5 July 1810 | |||||||||||||
25 July 1812 | |||||||||||||
ISO 3166 code | VE | ||||||||||||
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The First Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: Primera República de Venezuela) was the first independent government of Venezuela, lasting from 5 July 1811, to 25 July 1812. The period of the First Republic began with the overthrow of the Spanish colonial authorities and the establishment of the Junta Suprema de Caracas on 19 April 1810, initiating the Venezuelan War of Independence, and ended with the surrender of the republican forces to the Spanish Captain Domingo de Monteverde. The congress of Venezuela declared the nation's independence on 5 July 1811, and later wrote a constitution for it. In doing so, Venezuela is notable for being the first Spanish American colony to declare its independence.