Simón Bolívar was born July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was born into a wealthy family, who took their money from rich gold and copper mines they owned in Venezuela. At the age of three Simón Bolívar's father died, then six years later his mother died. After the death of his parents, he moved to Spain in 1799 where he continued his education and married a daughter of a nobleman, María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa in 1803, who later died of yellow fever during a visit to Venezuela.
When Joseph Bonaparte was named king of Spain in 1807 by Napoleon, Bolívar joined the resistance movement, but upon seeing the example set by the Spanish patriots decided to export this new brand of nationalism to his native Venezuela. Upon
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Despite his desire to create a union of states similar to the United States of America with a strong centralized government, Bolívar faced opposition from internal factions throughout the huge Gran Colombia as political leaders and former brothers in arms fought for power and control. As a temporary measure, Bolívar declared himself dictator in 1828. He resigned this post in 1830 and seeing his grand plans derailed by envy, greed and corruption he made plans to leave it all behind and sail for Europe. On December 17, 1830, Simón Bolívar died in Santa Marta, Colombia, after a battle with tuberculosis, alone and destitute.
When Bolivar became the de facto leader of Venezuela after the establishment of the second republic he proclaimed the liberation of slaves. He also was a pioneer in urging the formation of a union of American republics. Today, Simón Bolívar's legacy stretches far beyond his native Venezuela as the impact of his actions can be felt to this very day. His likeness can be seen in the multitude of statues and plaza throughout the. My impressions of Bolivar, are that he was a visionary, freedom fighter and national hero of millions of people across the world. He represents personal courage, heroism and controversy as well. Unfortunately in later years his image has been used by political leaders in Latin America to their personal gain somewhat tarnishing the image of what otherwise has
One reason Cesar Chavez was an effective leader was because he created a union known as the United Farm Workers. Chavez’s goal was to organize the farmers to receive better pay and better working conditions. He was not the first to attempt, others have tried but failed due to the power of growers. He was different, he gained support through encouragement. His exact words were “si se puede”(Doc A) meaning “it can be done”. He encouraged his supporters to seek their rights as farmers. “ The strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for other in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice”(Doc C). Chavez along
With other Latin American uprisings occurring Simon Bolivar led the South American independence. Bolivar was a wealthy Creole born in Venezuela but educated in Spain. Influenced by Enlightenment ideas, Bolivar called for independence for all South Americans. He gained firm control of his native Venezuela in 1819. His armies then turned toward Columbia and Ecuador. In the south Jose de San Martin rallied Argentinean forces against Spain. Bolivar and San Martin met in Peru, which became independent along with Upper Peru (Bolivia) in 1824. Although Bolivar was unsuccessful in uniting South Americans into a single nation, he is known as the continent's "liberator."
The documents that provide the most evidence for this topic include “The Americas: A Hemispheric History” and the “Venezuelan Declaration of Independence”. Document 3 portrays the outcomes of the Latin American Revolution on the natives, It talks about how people gained popular sovereignty, utilized virtues of republicanism and citizenship, used European Enlightenment Philosophies, and codified laws and the Constitution. This portrays how following the separation of Latin America, they were able to gain the necessary freedoms to establish their own rules and regulations, thereby forming nations/countries. Document 6 also provides a valuable source of information as it gives a passage from a country’s Declaration of Independence. It talks about their rights to freedom, and it explains the results and principles formed following the revolution. The author has written this document to justify and claim independence from Spain, and form an independent nation. During this time period, the Creole Revolutions were occurring in Latin America. The creole class, native-born with European ancestry, resented the power that the Spaniards provided to the Peninsulares. Through a series of revolts and battles, these coalesced into the Latin American Independence Movements. Following reformation movements and support from external sources (such as the Roman Catholic
Venezuela, located in the Latin American region, is a country that has been characterized by its abundance of oil reserve. A natural resource that has shaped the history and development of the country, affecting its economic, social and most important is political spheres. For many years Venezuela was controlled by authoritarian regimes. The country, being very important in the sense of geo-politics due to its abundance of oil, has been a key player in the international arena and most important, to those that for many years kept the country under their regime. It was not until 1958 that Venezuela experienced the change to democracy and a stable democracy was kept between the two main political parties of the time, Accion Democratica (AD)
Simón Bolívar was said to be a revolutionary during the period of the early nineteenth century because he wanted to change Latin America. His goal was to promote change and gain independence for the Latin American states from Spanish rule, and
After the age of enlightenment, colonies and nations around the world began questioning their rulers and ruling nations. Liberal and nationalist ideas spread across Europe and the world, especially after the French Revolution. When these beliefs spread to the colonies of America, independence movements and revolts occurred. The Latin American revolution and Haitian revolution were both significant events during the 19th century that affected both their respective nations and the world. While both revolutions resulted similarly such that a social hierarchy based on race existed after independence, they differ in that while the Latin American revolutions placed an emphasis on ending the Spanish casta system, Haitian revolution was based on freeing slaves.
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar, or more commonly known as Simon Bolivar The Liberator, was born in Caracas, Venezuela (Lynch, 2007, p.25). Early in his life military had played a big role in his life, which set up his
In An Address of Bolivar at the Congress of Angostura by Simón Bolívar, it states “We are but mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards. Americans by birth and Europeans by law, we find ourselves engaged in a duel conflict…” (Doc. A) Since this is written in 1819 it is a primary source, it also has a negative view towards Europeans. This quote shows Simón Bolívar uniting his nation state. It is saying why they are different from Europeans and that they have to find their own position. The Europeans made a law that made people who were born in America still
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
What once was a relatively free and peaceful place started to feel the wrath of the cruel invaders. After decades of the Spanish rule, the Latin American colonies decided to finally take back what once was theirs. Latin America, under the rule of Spanish forces, faced problems. The revolutions that took place during this time were influenced by the ideas from the Age of Enlightenment.
Simon Bolivar was born July 24th, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. His family consisted of a slew of wealthy Creoles, or those born in America but of European decent. However, early on in his life he was faced with tragedy when first, his father died when he was three and then his mother soon followed as he neared the age of only six. Although his parents’ deaths seemed untimely and tragic but, because of the wealth of the family, Bolivar had great access to two very important tutors who would mold his later ideals of independence.
Venezuela is a country located in the northern area of South America that’s national language is Spanish. It is a very complex and interesting country with many important events in the past as well as some current events that have made headlines. Venezuela has been struggling with development for a long time and it has a landscape that can sometimes make it quite hard to build roads and tracks, thus hindering the forward progress of the nation. Venezuela is a democratic country with a democratically elected president, but that doesn’t mean that everything is going along fine. Even though the people of Venezuela elected Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro in the election of 2012, there have been a lot of recent protests against
13). He viewed Spain as a “stepmother” that would only cause the countries harm and trouble. And although Spain was a smaller country in comparison it still enforced its ideals. It’s lack of ability to control a country, due to its bankruptcy, no formal navy and soldiers, is a concern but yet Spain still wants control over the countries (pg 20). Bolivar states it as if Spain has a veil which is covered on the countries; however once they are able to start being independent from Spain she pulls them back into and tries to gain control through fear tactics (pg. 13, 52). Spain keeps enforcing taxes and it does not matter how much “indigo, grain, coffee, sugar cane, cacao and cotton” the countries produce it can never appease the nation (pg. 20).
Bolivar was exiled in Columbia and Jamaica. In 1816 he launched an invasion against Venezuela with help from Haiti. He captured Boyota, the capital of New Granada, to secure a base for attack on Venezuela. This tactic worked, as Bolivar and San Martin captured Carcas and he was named president by the summer of 1821. In July of 1822, armies of Bolivar and San Martin moved to liberate Quito. They disagreed about the political structure of Latin America. San Martin wanted monarchies, but Bolivar advocated republicanism. San Martin went into exile in Europe and retired from the public life. Bolivar allowed the political situation in Peru to be confused, and he sent troops to establish his control. In December of 1824, the Spanish royalist forces suffered a defeat at the Battle of Ayacoucho at the hands of liberating army. This battle marked the conclusion of the Spanish effort to retain the American Empire.
Where on the other hand, Simon Bolivar was the kind of guy that would save the day and do bold and unexpected things.