Originally posted by Lorizael
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Until the early 18th century, Spanish South America was all united as the Viceroyalty of Peru. It was then divided up into New Granada and Rio de la Plata.
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As BolÃvar made advances against the royalist forces, he began to propose the creation of various large states and confederations, inspired by Francisco de Miranda's idea of an independent state consisting of all of Spanish America, which Miranda variously called "Colombia," the "American Empire" or the "American Federation."[2] In 1819 BolÃvar was able to successfully create a nation called "Colombia" (today referred to as Gran Colombia) out of several Spanish American provinces and in 1825 he proposed joining it to Peru and Upper Peru in a confederation or state that he suggested be called the "Bolivian Federation" or "Bolivian Union", and which historians refer to as the "Andean Confederation," but this never came about.[3][4][5]
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