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Venezuela was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1498. Although the first permanent Spanish settlement was made until 1523.Later in the 16th Centuries the Spanish agriculturist began to colonize there. Making the Venezuela economy then base off of agriculture and stock raising.

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In 1797 a group of Venezuela Creoles claimed their country as a independent republic. The movement failed but it led to the inflaming of mass revolutions movements in Latin America. With the revolutionary army controlled by a man called Simon Bolivar.

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In 1830 Venezuela became independent from Spain. With the destruction of colonial systems, Venezuela went through many governments. Which all had been ruled by force until the end in 1935.

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First of the leaders was a military dictator named Jose Antonio Peaz.
He subdued ambitious provincial caudillos and ruled in cooperation with large landholders. He also made any political threats sentenced to death.

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During Peaz power a man called José Tadeo Monagas who exiled Peaz. After a while a group called Monagas dynasty tried to implement a new Constitution. This lead to a civil war were the monagas were defeated in 1858.

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Many changes Happened by Eleazar López Conteras who served as president until 1941. López restored Civil Liberties and permitted labour  to organize during 1936. But he also restored the dictatorship in 1937 when he was threatened to lose power