Simon+Bolivar+and+the+Latin+American+Independence+Movements

media type="custom" key="2971882"  Zach Hands  bengalsboy12@yahoo.com Google Account User Name: 11zhands   Simon Bolivar Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela in the year 1783. He was one of the greatest generals in Latin American history. He was one of the most powerful figures in world history, he was responsible for the combination of six nations in South, and Latin America. That would equal up to the size of modern-day Europe. He was raised by his uncle, because his mother and father died when he was very young. His uncle exposed him to the writers, and artists of the Enlightenment, such as Rousseau, and Voltaire.At 16, Simon was sent to Spain to complete his education and during his trip, his ship stopped in Vera Cruz. During an audience with the viceroy, he audaciously praised the French Revolution and American independence, both of which made Spanish officials nervous. When he was 18, he met, and married, a nobleman's daughter in Spain, she died a year later in Caracas from yellow fever. He then returned to Europe to immerse himself in the political, and militaristical aspects that he had found so stimulating. He was present in France at the time Napoleon was coronated as emperor. When France invaded Spain, the city council of Caracas deposed the Spanish viceroy, and sent Bolivar to England to seek protection from the British in case France would try and seize Venezuela. He became the creme de la creme of the Venezuelan elite.

Latin American Independence and Revolutions In Mexico the Royalist commander Agustin de Iturbide reconciles conservative and progressive elements into an independent monarchy with him at its head, which although short-lived, cements the transition from the colonial period into the early national period in Mexico. This was a conflict between conservatives and liberals, and as usual, conservatives won out. Venezuela declared its independence from Spain on July 5, 1811, they were defeated by the Spanish in the first phase of the war, at La Victoria, on July 12, 1812. They were only defeated for a short time as Simon Bolivar and what was left of his army would flee to New Grenada to regroup. Months later he returned with a larger, more rejuvenated army. In 1813, he invaded Venezuela again. Both sides were very passioante, however many key victories for the revolutionaries against the reinforced Spanish forces. However, cowboys helped the Spanish push Bolivar out of Venezuela. He wasn't finished yet, he came back a third time in 1816, this time with a very large army, he defeated the Spanish and the colonials hadily, however tensions continued even after Venezuela had gained their independence from Spain.

Greg Dreibelbis gdreibelbis@yahoo.com google account user name: gdreibelbis@yahoo.com Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas on July 24, 1783. An aristocrat by birth, Simón Bolívar received an excellent education from his tutors, especially Simón Rodríguez. Because of his tutors, Bolívar became familiar with the works of the Enlightenment as well as those of classical Greece and Rome. By the age of nine, however, Bolívar lost both his parents and was left in the care of his uncle, don Carlos Palacios. At the age of fifteen, don Carlos Palacios sent him to Spain to continue his education. In Spain, Bolívar met Maria Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa. He married her soon after they met in 1802.Shortly after returning to Venezuela, in 1803, Maria Teresa died of yellow fever. Her death greatly affected Bolívar and he vowed never to marry again. Bolivar kept the vow for the rest of his life.After losing his wife, Bolívar returned to Spain with his tutor and friend, Simón Rodríguez, in 1804. While in Europe he witnessed the proclamation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France and later the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy in Milan. Bolívar lost respect for Napoleon whom he considered to have betrayed the republican ideals. But it was in Italy that Bolívar made his famous vow on top of Mount Aventin of Rome to never rest until America was free.

paulevans73@gmail.com

Simon Bolivar was born in July 24, 1783, at Caracas, Venezuela. His parents died when he was a child and he inherited a fortune. As a young man, he traveled in Europe. As he returned to Venezuela, Bolivar joined the group of patriots that seized Caracas in 1810 and proclaimed independence from Spain. He went to Great Britain in search of aid, but could get only a promise of British neutrality. When he returned to Venezuela, and took command of a patriot army, he recaptured Caracas in 1813 from the Spaniards. The Spaniards forced Bolivar to retreat from Venezuela to New Granada (now Colombia), also at war with Spain. He took command of a Colombian force and captured Bogota in 1814. The patriots, however, lacked men and supplies, and new defeats led Bolivar to flee to Jamaica. In Haiti he gathered a force that landed in Venezuela in 1816, and took Angostra (now Ciudad Bolivar). He also became dictator there. Bolivar marched into New Granada in 1819. He defeated the Spaniards in Boyar in 1819, liberating the territory of Colombia. He then returned to Angostura and led the congress that organized the original republic of Colombia (now Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela). Bolivar became its first president on December 17, 1819. Bolivar crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela on June 24, 1821. Next, he marched into Educador and added that territory to the new Colombian republic. After a meeting in 1822 with another great liberator, Bolivar became dictator of Peru. His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho in 1824, which needed Spanish power in South America. Upper Peru became a separate state, named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements.

1. http://www.militaryheritage.com/bolivar.htm 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_American_wars_of_independence#Venezuela 3. New World Encyclopedia edition 7 4. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7609/eng/bio.html 5. http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm