What is Thousand Days' War?
The [[Thousand Days War]] was a [[civil war]] in [[Colombia]] which was fought from October 17th 1899 to November 21st 1902. It was fought over whether [[Colombia]] should have [[federalism]] or [[centralism]]. ==History== In 1863, [[Colombia]] got a [[Constitution]] giving the people [[freedom of speech]], [[freedom of religion]] and the right to own [[guns]]. It also gave Colombia a system of [[federalism]] and the [[separation of church and state]]. In 1884, [[Rafael Núñez]] was elected [[president]] of [[Columbia]] and wanted to get rid of [[federalism]] and get rid of the [[separation of church and state]] and get rid of [[secularism]] and used the [[slogan]] “one [[nation]], one [[goal]], one [[God]]”. When Núñez retired, his [[Vice President]] [[Miguel Antonio Caro]] took over as president. Caro used [[government]] [[censorship]] to stop criticism by banning [[newspaper]]s which criticized him and had major [[politician]]s who opposed him [[arrest]]ed. Then the [[Colombian Liberal Party]] rebelled against him and he crushed three different [[rebellion]]s. In 1894, the rebels attacked Caro’s [[government]] but in 1895 they [[surrender]]ed. ==Breakout== In 1896, Caro quit being president after members of the [[Liberal Party]] asked that he lift [[martial law]] and in the next [[election]] in 1898, [[Manuel Antonio Saclemente]] won while 84 years old. Then in 1899, the [[Liberal]]s attacked [[Santander]] to [[protest]] Saclemente’s policies and started a [[civil war]]. ==Battles== Between the 11th and 13th of November, 1899, the [[Battle]] of [[Bucaramanga]] [[kill]]ed 1000 people and [[injure]]d 500. Soon the [[war]] spread to all of [[Colombia]]. In 1901, President [[Cipriano Castro]] of [[Venezuela]] sent his [[army]] to [[Colombia]] to help the Liberals. In 1902, [[General]] Uribe Uribe decided he couldn’t win and agreed to surrender. ==Treaties== The American President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] sent his [[navy]] to protect the [[Panama Canal]] so after the two [[faction]]s signed a [[treaty