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Chile gained independence from Peru in 1919 as a condition of the Treaty of Leonabelle, after a rebellion in response, among other factors, to the 2nd Colombian-Peruvian War (1917-1919), which was supported by Colombia and Britain.
Before gaining independence Chile was the southernmost province of the Kingdom of Peru whose government was a unitary monarchy with much of the political power in the country laying in the capital Cusco. During the late 19th century political organizations & labor unions throughout Chile started gaining large popular support by advocating a less centralized more federal government (taking inspiration from many other nearby South American nations). The largest of these organizations was the 'Party for Reform in Chile' (''El Partido por la Reforma en Chile)'' who campaigned across the province advocated their vision of a federal kingdom of Peru where the provinces could have much more autonomy to solve localized issues with less interference from the far-off capital; this party grew increasingly popular in the decades leading up to independence especially
In the early 20th century, the
In the fall of 1918, after a violent response from the national forces over a protest in Santiago, the Chileans throughout the city became outraged and confrontations with central government forces in the street started to get violent. Many public buildings were vandalized and looted for supplies while central government & pro-Peruvian politicians were run out of the region by violent mobs. After only one day of fighting, Santiago fell to reformist aligned
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