Patria Nueva

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State of Chile Estado de Chile Estado Chileno Patria Nueva
1817–1826
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: (1819–1826) Yaghan)
Government	Dictatorship
Supreme Director
• 1817-1823	Bernardo O'Higgins
• 1823-1826	Ramón Freire
Historical era	Decolonization of the Americas
• Established	12 February 1817
• Declaration of Independence	12 February 1818
• Battle of Maipú	5 April 1818
• Provisional Constitution	23 October 1818
• Constitution	8 August 1822
• Disestablished	28 January 1826
Population
• 1818	850,000
Preceded by Succeeded by Reconquest (Chile) Conservative Republic

Patria Nueva (New Fatherland) was a period in the

as Supreme Director in 1823.

Government of Bernardo O'Higgins

First measures as Supreme Director

Not long after becoming the

.

He created the Vindication Tribunal, a legal apparatus that granted patriots the right to reclaim goods taken by the Spanish during the Reconquest. He also ordered the exile of priests advocating for continued fealty to the Spanish throne.

The surprise of Cancha Rayada

The independent people waited in

were caught by surprise.

In Santiago fear had spread with the defeat of the Ejército de los Andes and the Chilean army. Many people in Santiago were already going into self-imposed exile again in Mendoza. Rumors of the deaths of O'Higgins and San Martin spread rapidly.

In these circumstances, in the cabildo of 23 March,

. Both were welcomed with cannon shots on the sunrise of 24 March.

Consolidation and progress of the Independence Movement

Despite having signed the Declaration of Independence,

government, and continued to fight for Peru's independence.

Cochrane would settle the decisive blow to the Royalists in Chile when, in 1820, he seized the Valdivian Fort System, the most fortified place in South America at the time. Cochrane succeeded in the Capture of Valdivia using a surprise land assault. He then sent a small force in charge of Jorge Beauchef to pursue the Royalist army fleeing from Valdivia to Chiloe and, in the process, conquered the cities located further south of Valdivia - including Me Río Bueno and Osorno.

After the capture of Valdivia, Lord Cochrane left Colonel

and was forced to retreat. After the battle of El Toro, he began to consolidate his army's presence in the southern Chilean region, excluding Chiloé.

See also

• Chilean War of Independence