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Venezuela Reflected By The American Revolution

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Even the destiny of Venezuela would by impacted by the American Revolution. The fact that Spain treated their colony similarly to the way America felt Britain was treating the British Colonies, they too realized that they needed to break away also. According to David Armitage, Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan revolutionary, was a huge fan of the American Revolution. By July of 1811, the provinces that would make up Venezuela wrote their Declaration of Independence to Spain. What caused Venezuela to declare independence? As mentioned in their document, Spain had ignored the people of Venezuela. There were times in which the Spanish would do things that left out colonies in decision making. By placing into power a new ruler without
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