Historia de venezuela

History
Colonization (1522- 1811)
This is a period of colonial activity, population and administration of the Venezuelan territory in charge of Spain. This period made Venezuela a mix of theAfrican, indigenous and Spain cultures. And in this period the Roman Catholicism religion was taken as like the Spanish (language)

Independence
After a series of unsuccessful uprisings,Venezuela—under the leadership of Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan marshal who had fought in the American Revolution and the French Revolution—declared independence on 5 July 1811. This began the Venezuelan Warof Independence. In 1812 an earthquake helped bring down the first Venezuelan republic.[19] A second Venezuelan republic, proclaimed on 7 August 1813, lasted several months before being crushed aswell. The Battle of Carabobo and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo helped seal Venezuelan Independence.
19th century
19th century history was characterized by political turmoil and dictatorial rule. In1895 a longstanding dispute with Great Britain about the territory of Guayana Esequiba, which Britain claimed as part of British Guiana and Venezuela saw as Venezuelan territory, erupted intothe Venezuela Crisis of 1895
Early 20th century
The discovery of massive oil deposits in Lake Maracaibo during World War I would prove pivotal for Venezuela, and soon transformed the basis of its economy, froma heavy dependence on agricultural exports. It prompted an economic boom that would last into the 1980s; by 1935, Venezuela's per capita gross domestic product was Latin America's highest.[26] Democratic period (1958–present)
Economic crisis led to a political crisis which saw hundreds dead in the Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992. Coup leader Hugo Chávez was pardoned inMarch 1994 by President Rafael Caldera, with a clean slate and his political rights intact. A collapse in confidence in the existing parties saw Chávez elected President in 1998, and the subsequent...