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On July 20, 1810, Colombian patriots stirred the population of Bogota bogotÃ¡ into street protests Against spanish. Rule The, viceroy under, pressure was forced to agree to allow for a limited independence which later became. Permanent, Today july 20 is celebrated In colombia As Independence. dayy July of 1810, Bogota was a holdout for Spanish rule in the region. To the south, leading citizens of Quito had attempted to wrest control of their government from Spain in August of 1809: this revolt had been put down and the leaders thrown in a dungeon.
The Venezuelan patriot JosÃ© Antonio PÃ¡ez leads a rebellion in 1826 demanding independence for Venezuela. The crisis of 1826 brings BolÃ­var back from Peru to Gran Colombia. He appeases PÃ¡ez, allowing him a degree of autonomy in Venezuela, but in doing so he provokes opposition in Colombia - where he assumes dictatorial powers in 1828 (and later in the same year is lucky to survive an assassination attempt).