Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815
This article aims at reflecting on the first stage of the process of emancipation, developed since 1810 which is considered the starting point of a political project. Building up this project was not easy, it entailed frictions among different political intensions. On this assert we mean the federal...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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| description | This article aims at reflecting on the first stage of the process of emancipation, developed since 1810 which is considered the starting point of a political project. Building up this project was not easy, it entailed frictions among different political intensions. On this assert we mean the federalism and the idea of the centralism which originated a great disorganization of political and civil elements and the break down and anarchy of six or seven republics apparently linked by a federal pact and a few provinces which defended the peninsular power.The provinces in the interior of the country faced situations of instability in their political life, born from the indecision to choose a unique criterion in terms of the political and administrative management of their territories. Referring to the Federal government adopted in the province of Tunja, it is emphasized on the necessity of promoting the total independence from the Spaniard system, due to the poverty of the people, the lack of public schools and the need of fomenting agricultural production and trade. However, this political project did not reach the goals its leaders estimated, first because the participation of the ‘criollos’ in the public administration was not as easy as expected. The second reason was that, as a result of the segregation of the provinces, a crisis was evidenced when the unified basis of tax collection stopped working. The third issue was due to the fact that territorial segregation became one of the greatest difficulties for the correct political-administrative organization, it is necessary to highlight that the join of some towns, and sometimes complete regions from one province to the other, made difficult tax collection. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-7752023-11-22T16:30:57Z Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 Reflexiones en torno al impacto de la Patria Boba. La independencia de Tunja y su provincia 1810 – 1815 Robayo, Juan Manuel Independence Patria Boba province of Tunja Revolution Centralism Federalism. Independencia Patria Boba Provincia de Tunja Revolución Centralismo Federalismo This article aims at reflecting on the first stage of the process of emancipation, developed since 1810 which is considered the starting point of a political project. Building up this project was not easy, it entailed frictions among different political intensions. On this assert we mean the federalism and the idea of the centralism which originated a great disorganization of political and civil elements and the break down and anarchy of six or seven republics apparently linked by a federal pact and a few provinces which defended the peninsular power.The provinces in the interior of the country faced situations of instability in their political life, born from the indecision to choose a unique criterion in terms of the political and administrative management of their territories. Referring to the Federal government adopted in the province of Tunja, it is emphasized on the necessity of promoting the total independence from the Spaniard system, due to the poverty of the people, the lack of public schools and the need of fomenting agricultural production and trade. However, this political project did not reach the goals its leaders estimated, first because the participation of the ‘criollos’ in the public administration was not as easy as expected. The second reason was that, as a result of the segregation of the provinces, a crisis was evidenced when the unified basis of tax collection stopped working. The third issue was due to the fact that territorial segregation became one of the greatest difficulties for the correct political-administrative organization, it is necessary to highlight that the join of some towns, and sometimes complete regions from one province to the other, made difficult tax collection. Este artículo tiene por objeto reflexionar sobre la primera etapa del proceso de emancipación, desarrollada desde 1810 que se considera el inicio de la construcción de un proyecto político. La construcción de este proyecto no fue nada fácil, implicó el enfrentamiento entre pretensiones políticas distintas, nos referimos al federalismo y a la idea de centralismo, que originaron una completa desorganización de elementos civiles y políticos y la desunión y anarquía de seis o siete repúblicas ligadas en apariencia por un pacto federal y de unas cuantas provincias que defendían el poder peninsular.Las provincias del interior del país afrontaron situaciones de inestabilidad en su vida política, nacidas de la indecisión para adoptar un criterio único en cuanto al manejo políticoadministrativo de sus territorios. En cuanto al gobierno federal asumido en la provincia de Tunja, se hace alusión a la necesidad sentida de promulgar la independencia total del sistema español, sustentando en la necesidad de fomentar la producción agrícola y el comercio, la alusión a la pobreza de la gente, la falta de construcción de escuelas públicas. Sin embargo, este proyecto político no tuvo los alcances que sus líderes se propusieron en primer lugar porque no fue tan sencilla la participación de los criollos en la administración pública. En segunda instancia porque con la segregación de las provincias se evidenció una crisis al dejar de funcionar la base unificadora en la recaudación de tributos para el sostenimiento de la función pública. En tercer lugar y porque la segregación territorial se constituyó en uno de los mayores inconvenientes para la correcta organización político-administrativa, es necesario resaltar que la anexión de pueblos y algunas veces regiones completas, de una provincia a otra, dificultaron la recaudación de impuestos y contribuciones. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2010-07-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/775 Historia Y Memoria; No. 1 (2010): Independence; 11-33 Historia Y Memoria; Núm. 1 (2010): Independencias; 11-33 Historia Y Memoria; No 1 (2010): Independencias; 11-33 2322-777X 2027-5137 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_memoria/article/view/775/2906 |
| spellingShingle | Independence Patria Boba province of Tunja Revolution Centralism Federalism. Independencia Patria Boba Provincia de Tunja Revolución Centralismo Federalismo Robayo, Juan Manuel Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title | Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title_alt | Reflexiones en torno al impacto de la Patria Boba. La independencia de Tunja y su provincia 1810 – 1815 |
| title_full | Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title_fullStr | Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title_short | Reflections on the impact of “la patria Boba”, the independence of Tunja and its province 1810-1815 |
| title_sort | reflections on the impact of la patria boba the independence of tunja and its province 1810 1815 |
| topic | Independence Patria Boba province of Tunja Revolution Centralism Federalism. Independencia Patria Boba Provincia de Tunja Revolución Centralismo Federalismo |
| topic_facet | Independence Patria Boba province of Tunja Revolution Centralism Federalism. Independencia Patria Boba Provincia de Tunja Revolución Centralismo Federalismo |
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