Historedia
Episode 2 of 3

Declaration of Independence and Constitutive Act

When
1 December 1821
Where
Capital of the new state
Part of
José Núñez de Cáceres ends the España Boba era and establishes the Republic of Spanish Haiti

Independence was declared on 1 December 1821, with a constitutive act petitioning for union with Gran Colombia.

On 1 December 1821, the Republic of Spanish Haiti was established. A constitutive act was ordered to petition the union with Simon Bolivar’s Gran Colombia. This marked the formal end of the España Boba era in the Captaincy General.

Sources

  1. Republic of Spanish Haiti Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09
  2. España Boba Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12
  3. Santo Domingo Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12

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