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Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca

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See also: Cundinamarca StateThe Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca (Spanish: Estado Libre e Independiente de Cundinamarca) was a rebel state in modern Colombia between 1810 and 1815 during the Patria Boba period at the beginning of the Spanish American wars of independence. Its capital was Bogot?, the former capital of the Viceroyalty of New Granada.Following the occupation of Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, Cundinamarca was one of the states (such as Argentina and Venezuela) who replaced its viceregal government with a local junta in the name of the deposed Ferdinand VII. The first president was Jorge Tadeo Lozano, but Antonio Nari?o forced his resignation and replaced him. Cundinamarca was initially conceived as an enclave of the Spanish kingdom, but full independence was declared in 1813.While Cundinamarca, including the old capital and administrative machinery, advocated the establishment of a strong centralist government, other parts of the old viceroyalty banded together as the United Provinces of New Granada to support a federal structure. The region remained embroiled in a largely static civil war until the defeat of a Cundinamarcan expedition against Quito allowed General Sim?n Bol?var of the United Provinces to force terms in December 1814. By mid-1815, however, Pablo Morillo arrived with a large Spanish force and returned the region to submission to the since-restored Ferdinand.