Friday, October 10, 2008
Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions
Simon Bolivar accomplished several things in his lifetime. one begin, he studied the English government. Simon was a Venezuelan, born on July 24, 1783 to a wealthy celoe parents. He was a very happy man, until his bride sadly died of yellow fever He went to London to seek support for a revolution. he had also studied the united states system for government. after he got back home he got an army, and began his wonderful quest in search for a revolution and independence. after several years he finally won independence for Venezuela in 1821. he had also many other countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Bolivia. He is known as the liberator of south America. Because of this he was named after the country Bolivia. in 1810, he joined up with Fransisco De Miranda in a revolt against the Spanish. Simon made some remarkable accomplishments throughout his lifetime. He had an incredible remarkable army that was never out numbered.
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