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Kingdom of Chile Reino de Chile Patria Vieja | |||||||||
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| Motto: Post tenebras lux (Latin) "Light After Darkness" | |||||||||
.svg) Territories of the Captaincy General of Chile | |||||||||
| Capital | Santiago de Chile | ||||||||
| Government | Provisional government | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1810-1814 | Ferdinand VII (de jure) | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1810-1811 | Mateo de Toro y Zambrano | ||||||||
• 1811-1813 | José Miguel Carrera | ||||||||
• 1813-1814 | José Miguel Infante | ||||||||
| Legislature | National Congress | ||||||||
| Historical era | Decolonization of the Americas | ||||||||
| 18 September 1810 | |||||||||
| 4 July 1811 | |||||||||
| 4 September 1811 | |||||||||
| 3 May 1814 | |||||||||
| 2 October 1814 | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• Estimate | 823,685 (1813 Census) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Chile | ||||||||
Old Fatherland (Spanish:[ˈpatɾjaˈβjexa],lit. 'Patria Vieja') refers to a time period in thehistory of Chile occurring between theFirst Junta of the Government (September 18, 1810) and theDisaster of Rancagua (October 1, 1814). In this period, Chilean measures were taken for the imprisonment ofFernando VII of Spain byNapoleon and this started the governmental organization of the Kingdom of Chile, which swore fidelity to Ferdinand VII.[1]
This period was characterized by the transformation from a movement of temporary autonomy to one of total independence. Two things that stood out during this period were the political prominence of theCarrera brothers, especiallyJosé Miguel Carrera and the military campaigns led byBernardo O'Higgins as General. (Battle of Membrillar,Battle of Yerbas Buenas, andBattle of El Roble).
During this time aGovernment Junta of Chile as well as aNational Congress were organized to administer the country during the imprisonment of the king. The Congress passed a law decreeingLiberty of the Womb, which stated that all children ofslaves born on Chilean soil from that point onwards would be free. In 1812, the first constitutional decree was passed, which agreed to recognize the king if he accepted certain constitutional regulations.
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