The growth of the cocoa trade, the…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

The growth of the cocoa trade, the success of the Caracas Company, and the assertion of the royal will manifested by the suppression of the 1749 revolt all help to centralize the Venezuelan economy around the city of Caracas.

In recognition of this growth, Caracas is given political-military authority as the seat of the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1777, marking the first instance of recognition of Venezuela as a political entity.

Nine years later, its designation is changed to the Audiencia de Venezuela, thus granting Venezuela judicial-administrative authority as well.

Barely three decades later, however, Venezuela will suddenly—after almost three centuries on the periphery of the Spanish American empire—find itself at the hub of the independence movement sweeping Latin America.

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Caracas Distrito Federal Venezuela View →

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Dutch people View → Basque people View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → English people View → Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Capuchin, Order of Friars Minor View → Canary Islanders View → Venezuela Province View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Guipuzcoan Company of Caracas View → New Granada, Viceroyalty of View → Venezuela, Captaincy General of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Columbian Exchange View →

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