Venezuela, located at the northern tip of South America, was trampled by Spanish colonists as early as the 16th century. The people often revolted against the atrocities of the Spanish colonists.
A series of uprisings in the 18th century formed the prelude to the independence movement. Napoleon's invasion of Spain in the early 19th century became the fuse of the Venezuelan revolution.
In 1810, the native whites and businessmen of Venezuela decided to stand on their own. In March of the following year, Venezuela's first National Congress opened in Caracas. Under the impetus of the democratic representatives Miranda and Simon Bolivar, the Congress passed the Declaration of Independence and established the First Republic of Venezuela.
Soon after Miranda was arrested and sacrificed, Bolivar continued to lead the battle.
In August 1813, the revolutionaries regained Caracas and established the Second Republic of Venezuela. Bolivar was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Patriotic Armed Forces and fought bravely with the Spanish Expeditionary Forces, but failed again, and Bolivar fled.
In December 1816, Bolivar returned to Venezuela. He summed up his past experience, mobilized the masses in the countryside, united the patriotic soldiers and civilians of all walks of life to start a new battle with the Spanish colonists, and successively liberated Colombia and Venezuela. In 1822 , Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador together form the "Greater Colombian Republic".
In 1830, it separated from the "Greater Colombian Republic" and established the Federal Republic of Venezuela.
The struggle for independence in Venezuela, as part of the struggle for independence in Latin America, dealt a heavy blow to the Spanish colonists and also benefited the development of the country's capitalist economy.