Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kafa Babban Kotun Caracas Junta bayan tilasta saukar da Vicente Emparan a matsayin Kyaftin Janar na Kyaftin Janar na Venezuela a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1810, ya nuna farkon yakin. A ranar 5 ga Yuli, 1811, bakwai daga cikin larduna goma na Kyaftin Janar na Venezuela sun ayyana 'yancin kansu a cikin Yarjejeniyar Independence ta Venezuela. An rasa Jamhuriyar Venezuela ta Farko a 1812 bayan girgizar kasa ta Caracas ta 1812 da Yaƙin La Victoria na 1812. Simón Bolívar ya jagoranci "Kamfen mai ban sha'awa" don dawo da Venezuela, yana kafa Jamhuriyar Venezuela ta biyu a 1813; amma wannan ma bai daɗe ba, ya faɗi ga haɗuwa da tashin hankali na gida da
Mutanen Espanya masu sarauta sun sake dawowa. Sai kawai a matsayin wani ɓangare na yakin Bolívar don 'yantar da New Granada a 1819-20 Venezuela ta sami' yancin kai na dindindin daga Spain (da farko a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gran Colombia).