Jose San De Martin Research Paper

In John Chasteen’s book Heroes on Horseback we learn about the life and struggle of the brothers Saravia. These two brothers Gumercindo and Aparicio led rebellious movements in Brazil and Uruguay. These rebellious movements not only galvanized thousands of people from rural areas but also threatened large governments that had both numbers and weaponry in their favor. One important thing about the brothers that Chasteen mentions is not their prowess in battle or their tactical movements but fact that they were able to inspire so many individuals and unlike many rebel leaders did not become generals until after they had secured an army worthy of their cause. Despite the fact that these brothers drew men from rural society, it was in fact the

In the 19 century, Simon Bolivar was loved or hated by his countryman, why is that? He aspired that South America should be independent of the empire of Spain. By 1822, he achieves this, nevertheless, the question lies how he did so. In my view, While reading through his proclamation of 1813, he makes comments on equality for all, however by also including fear in his speech. This notion of, “the states defended by our arms are again governed by their former constitutions and tribunals.” By adding emphasis that you were saved, by my army and no one else. That my men gave their lives up so that you could be liberated and restored your own laws. He goes on to say, “ in full enjoyment of their liberty and independence,

After ten years of civil war and the death of two of its founders, by early 1820 the independence movement was stalemated and close to collapse. The rebels faced stiff Spanish military resistance and the apathy of many of the most influential criollos. The violent excesses and populist zeal of Hidalgo 's and Morelos 's irregular armies had reinforced many criollos ' fears of race and class warfare, ensuring their grudging acquiescence to conservative Spanish rule until a less bloody path to independence could be found. It was at this juncture that the machinations of a conservative military caudillo coinciding with a successful liberal rebellion in Spain, made possible a radical realignment of the proindependence forces. Vicente Guerror, planned to combine independence, monarchy, the supremacy of the Roman Catholic Church, and the civil equality of the creoles and peninsulares.

Bolívar also pointed to missing political virtues and experience for federalism’s unsuitability in Venezuela, something for which he blamed Spanish rule; thus, his criticism of federalism also rallied his criollo audience against Spanish rule through Enlightenment rhetoric and appeals to criollos’ hostility towards peninsular discrimination. In his “Cartagena Manifesto,” Bolívar argued that federalism did not suit Venezuela (nor other Spanish American viceroyalties) because the Venezuelan people “lack[ed] the political virtues” which would allow them to exercise their rights and carry out their civic duties “to the fullest measure” (7). In his “Jamaica Letter,” Bolívar explained why: the “greed[y]” Spaniards “removed” the criollos from “the administration of the state,” preventing them from managing high-level

a unified league of Central and South American nations. However, resentment of his authoritarian ways along with fighting between states and personality conflicts caused his influence to

When we think of a Texas hero, we think of people with important titles, like Sam Houston or Stephen F. Austin, but never once do we think about those people who gave up a pleasurable future just for us. We never think about those people like José Antonio Navarro, who never even gave a second thought to abandon Texas.

Nearing the eighteenth century, Spain and Portugal held colonies in the Americas and island and lands surrounding them. Napoleon’s invasion of Portugal and Spain sparked Latin America’s fight for independence. The revolutionary movement in Spanish South America placed overwhelming political authority in the hands of Simon Bolivar who later became the preeminent leader of the independence movement in Spanish South America. Mexico was Spain’s wealthiest colony and on September 16th, 1810, Father Hidalgo rang the church bells and delivered a speech that would lead to the Mexicans to fight against the Spanish for their freedom. In 1820, the military uprisings in Spain provoked a liberal revolt in Portugal

One reason Creoles led the fight for Latin American independence was their desire for more political control. According to the document titled Latin American Politics and Development written in 2011, Creoles were “Denied political power to go along with their rising prominence” (doc B). According to Simon Bolivar, a Creole and revolutionary leader, the Creoles also faced problems understanding their positions: “Thus

The American Revolution did much more than any of our founding fathers had ever imagined, it started a movement that would threaten the very roots of colonialism across the globe. Setting an example of how a David could overcome a Goliath, the United States inspired regions such as Latin America to fight for their rights and liberties as well. One such region that embraced the message was Upper Peru, which would later be known as Bolivia. With some key tipping points that caused the war, the leaders of the soon to be formed nation rallied its troops and won several major battles, but even they couldn’t prevent the tough times that lay in the early years of the nation. From the year 1809, Upper Peru was engaged in a

Simon bolivar, who was a rebel, decided to lead a revolution of South America. Simon bolivar was the leader of the revolution he gathered people from Venezuela and they fought fearless battle. Because Simon created a speech he became famous he quoted “let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom without fear!” Simon became military leader over patriots who were ready to fight. During Their first triumph came in 1813. He also gained the name el liberatador which meant the liberator. Super surprisingly they fought fight after fight, for over more than ten years. Simon never gave up hence the name “second Washington of the new world.” Simon bolivar, who was a rebel, became an exquisite hero.

Jose de San Martin led many independence movements in many South American countries. Simon Bolivar freed many countries from Spanish rule and he was the first president of Bolivar. Before the revolution the social structure system was not fair. The social system went Spanish born people known as Peninsulares, European descendents but born in Latin America known as Creoles, Native Americans and European descendents known as Mestizos, African and European descents known as Mulattos and Africans and Native Americans known as Peons. This was unfair because why are the Native lower than the people that invaded their land . The Natives know the land the best, they know where

When the Latin American revolution first started Bolivar was anything but the person people would think of to join the fight. He was an educated landowner, and had no experience when it came to leading people to war, so using all his knowledge he possessed he recruited someone he deemed fit to fight for the cause, General Miranda, being known for his fights in other revolutions. However, after he was betrayed by Miranda he was forced into this role of General, having no experience for leading men other than his eloquent use of words that made him capable of persuaded the most reluctant man into dying for a cause. He was filled with ideas, but the ones that took to the heart of the people the most were equality and liberty. Even though he was fed with a silver spoon as a child, he believed that everyone

With magnanimous sincerity, San Martin offered to place himself and his soldiers under Bolivar's command if he would send the full Colombian army to drive the Spanish out of Peru. Unfortunately for the patriot cause, Bolivar apparently regarded San Martin as a rival and an antagonist rather than as a comrade-in-arms, an obstacle to be removed before his own fame and glory were compromised by sharing them with another. Bolivar refused the incredibly selfless offer, saying that his "delicacy would not allow him to command San Martin," and that "the Colombian Congress would not permit him to leave Colombia to pursue the war in Peru." San Martin also indicated in an interview that he “San Martin, a keen reader of men, immediately perceived the arrogance and raw ambition that lay behind the mask of courtly civility and empty excuses. Years later, in 1840, while living in voluntary exile in France, the general confided his candid assessment of Bolivar's character to a visitor, Captain Lafond de Lurcy of the French navy:

Argentine general, Jose de San Martin came to Peru in 1820 and declared Peru an independent country the next year on July 28. The Peruvians had been fighting for independence for over a decade (“Historical Information”). Simón Bolivar, had helped almost all of South America declare freedom, refused to liberate Peru, unless he did not have to share power. Martin stepped down and Bolivar won independence and beat the Spanish in

An important omission from Garcia Marquez's metaphorical history of Latin America is the savagely cruel wars for independence, which last from 1810 to (in Colombia) 1819. We can assume then that these wars are already over by the time Macondo is founded, so that this fictional act corresponds to developments in about 1820 - 1825 in the country's real history. This primitive stage of Macondo is also a time of innocence, a psychological theme important in the book.