The tricolor was adopted when it was part of Gran Colombia; the stars are its seven original provinces
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Flag of Colombia - Wikipedia  The flag of Colombia was adopted on November 26, 1861. It is a horizontal tricolour of yellow, ... Yellow: represents all the gold found in the Colombian land and all its wealth ... blue and red flag of Gran Colombia that Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, with slight variations, share today. ... Part 1, Section 1 (July 30, 2004).
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Venezuela - Guide to Hispanic Heritage  On October 6, 1821, the tricolour was adopted by Gran Colombia, a nation that was ... In part this reflected struggles between those favouring a centralist or a federalist form of government. ... Its arc of stars represents the original provinces. ... First, an eighth star was added to the existing seven on the flag to fulfill the wish of...
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Great Colombia Federate Republic (1819-1830) - Part 1  Oct 4, 2014 ... The Gran Colombia Tricolour was originally the family/personal Flag of Francisco de Miranda. ... Its design is, indeed, based in Miranda's tricolori, adopted by the first ... a life abroad, away from the discriminating province of Caracas. ... one blue star to the seven which lied already on the yellow stripe,...
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Flag of Venezuela - Wikipedia  The current flag of Venezuela was introduced in 2006. The basic design includes a horizontal tricolor of yellow, blue, and red, dating to the original flag introduced in 1811, in the Venezuelan War of Independence. Further modifications have involved including a set of stars, multiple changes ... Miranda's flag is also the inspiration for the flags of Colombia and Ecuador.
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Flag of Ecuador - Wikipedia  The flag of Ecuador, which consists of horizontal bands of yellow (double width), blue and red, was first adopted by law on 1835 and later on 26 September 1860. ... The design of the flag is very similar to those of Colombia and Venezuela, ... de Miranda, which was adopted by Venezuela in 1811 and later Gran Colombia...
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Provincial and Territorial Flowers of Canada  These big, white flowers bloom on tall trees in April and May. ... Western Red Lily ... (Trilliium grandiflorum) Ontario chose the trillium as its provincial flower in 1937. ... It looks like the heraldic fleur-de-lis on Quebec's flag. ... is the symbol of French culture in France and Qubec, but it does not grow naturally in the province.
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The History of our 13 Star Flag - Home of Heroes  The Declaration of Independence severed all ties between the 13 American ... "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; ... to represent the 13 colonies by inserting stars in the field of blue, one star for ... They considered the union of these 13 individual "states" somewhat like a...
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gobiernoenlnea photos on Flickr | Flickr  Independence from Spain was won in 1819, but by 1830 "Gran Colombia" had ..... Perched on top of the shield is an Andean Condor holding an olive crown and the ... The Coat of Arms of the Republic was adopted via Act 3 of May 9, 1834, with later ... It has also been discussed that the condor is still a vulture and feeds of...
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Timeline of the flag of the United States - Wikipedia  1776 January 1  The Continental Colours is displayed on Prospect Hill. It has 13 alternate red ... 1795 Flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes (added Vermont, Kentucky to the ... Under the model flag desecration law, the term "flag" was defined to include any .... This was the first time the Supreme Court had directly considered the...
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Flag timeline - USHistory.org  States and their dates of admission are shown in bold red. ... There was no official pattern for how the stars were to be arranged. ... June 14  Continental Congress adopts the following: Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, .... Flag with 48 stars New Mexico (January 6, 1912), Arizona (February 14,...
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Gran Colombia - Wikipedia  Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. It included the territories of present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern ... The first three were the successor states to Gran Colombia at its dissolution.
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State Flag Descriptions - All Star Flags  The yellow and red alternating stripes represent the original thirteen colonies and the ... Arkansas's red, white, and blue flag is filled with the history of the state. ... Even though the date December 7, 1787 appears on the flag of Delaware, ..... The gold and silver stars were resized and rearranged in an oval around the Coat of...
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Flags. Set 3. Bolivia; Bhutan; Bosnia; Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil ...  Set 3. Bolivia; Bhutan; Bosnia; Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; BIOT; BVI; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodi; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde;...
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Philippines flag and its meaning | PocketCultures  Jun 12, 2010 ... The three five-pointed stars represent the three main island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The white equilateral triangle stands for...
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Flag of the United States - Wikipedia  The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the US.
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Gran Colombia Home Page - Staff Pages  The Republica de Gran Colombia was founded in 1819 when Simon Bolivar ... he hoped that they would unite on their own and make a stronger republic. On December 17, 1819, Simon Bolivar , "El Libertador", was named president of the ... In August of 1828 Bolivar tried to make a new constitution for Peru and Bolivia.
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History of Our Flag - Flagler County Supervisor of Elections  THE FLAG TODAY. Today the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with 6 white. The stripes represent the original 13 colonies, the stars represent the 50 states of the Union.
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National Symbol: The Flag  On June 14, 1777 , the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act, which said that the flag would be made up of thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen white stars on a blue field. Stars have been added to the flag as new states join the union. Currently, the flag contains 50 stars.
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Bogota facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  The region was a Chibcha center before the city was founded in 1538 by Jimnez de Quesada and named Santa F de Bogot (in memory of the Chibcha chief Bacat). ... astronomical observatory in South America, founded by Jos Celestino Mutis. ... in 1830, Bogot became the capital of what was later called Colombia.
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Imperialism in Panama by cassidy palumbo on Prezi  Panama broke away from Spanish rule and became Province of Colombia On November 3 ... Most of the country remained rural and underdeveloped (negative)
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Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata | historical area, South America ...  The final of the four viceroyalties that Spain created during its colonization of ... Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata, Spanish Virreinato del Ro de la Plata, the final of ... In 1776 the first viceroy of Ro de la PlataPedro de Cevallosarrived in ... reform was the introduction of the intendant system in the colonies to tighten up...