previous to the Spanish conquest, Colombia was inhabited via Chibcha, sub-Andean, and Caribbean peoples, all of whom lived in organized, agriculturally based groups. After the Spanish conquest, which began in 1525, the area of present-day Colombia fashioned the nucleus of new Granada. The revolution become to remaining 9 years before the victory of Simón Bolívar at Boyacá secured the independence of more Colombia. the brand new state Bolívar created included what's now Venezuela, Panama, and Ecuador, as well as Colombia. while Bolívar, who had been named president, headed campaigns in Ecuador and Peru, the vice chairman, Francisco de Paula Santander, administered the new state. Santander recommended a union of federal sovereign states, while
