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FACTS ABOUT VENEZUELA

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 5, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 10.

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FACTS ABOUT VENEZUELA.

Eight states are in the union.
The population of Venezuela is 2,121,998.
Venezuela contains 566,000 square miles.
Fifty per cent. of the population are pure-blooded Indians.
The territory in dispute between the republic and Great Britain is about the size of Maine.
British Guiana was acquired by England through treaty in 1814.
The constitution of Venezuela is modeled on that of the United States.
The coast of Venezuela was the first part of the American mainland sighted by Columbus.
From 1550 until early in this century the country was under Spanish domination.
In 1810 Venezuela rose against the Spanish yoke, and in the following year the independence of the territory was proclaimed.
The difficulties between Venezuela and Great Britain first arose in 1836.
It is estimated that about seventy-five revolutions have occurred since the establishment of the republic.
An absolute separation of church and state has been effected; civil marriage is insisted upon, and other progressive institutions have been established.
Previous to 1886 her republic school system was very unimportant, only 1,312 pupils being in attendance at the public schools in the year mentioned. Now the attendance exceeds 100,000.
It was not until 1845 that the independence of the republic was recognized by Spain in the treaty of Madrid.
The emancipation of slaves took place on March 24, 1854.—Chicago Times Herald.