What is First Republic of Venezuela?
{{Infobox country |conventional_long_name = American Confederation of Venezuela/States of Venezuela/United States of Venezuela |native_name = ''Confederación americana de Venezuela/Estados de Venezuela/Estados Unidos de Venezuela'' |common_name = Venezuela |status = Unrecognized State |era= [[Spanish American wars of independence]] |year_start = 1811 |year_end = 1812 |event_start =[[Venezuelan Declaration of Independence]] |date_start = 5 July |date_end = 25 July |event_end = [[Capitulation (treaty)|Capitulation]] |p1 = Captaincy General of Venezuela |flag_p1 = Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg |p2 = Supreme Junta |flag_p2 = Flag of Junta Suprema de Caracas.svg |s1 = Captaincy General of Venezuela |flag_s1 = Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg |s2 = Second Republic of Venezuela |flag_s2 = Bandera de la Guerra a Muerte.svg |image_flag =Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela.svg |image_coat =Coat of arms of Venezuela (1810).svg |image_map = File:United States of Venezuela map (royalists and patriots coloured).svg |image_map_caption = The First Republic of Venezuela |national_anthem = |common_languages = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |capital = [[Valencia (Venezuela)|Valencia]] |government_type = [[Republic]] |title_leader = [[Triumvirate]] |leader1 = [[Cristóbal Mendoza]], Juan Escalona, Baltazar Padrón |leader2 = [[Francisco Espejo]], Fernando Rodriguez, Francisco J. Ustariz |leader3 = [[Francisco de Miranda]] |year_leader1 = 1811–12 |year_leader2 = 1812 |year_leader3 = 1812 |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |currency = }} The '''First Republic of Venezuela''' was a short-lived independent [[republic]] set up in [[New Granada]] in 1811 during the [[Spanish American wars of independence|South American Wars of Liberation]]. lasting from 5 July 1811, to 25 July 1812. The period of the First Republic began with the overthrow of the Spanish colonial authorities [[Venezuela]] is notable for being the first [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish American colony]] to declare its independen