Simon Bolivar and the Latin American Revolutions

The way I look at it Simon Bolivar made his parents proud. Even though his parents died before he was a teenager, if his parents were alive during all of the revolutions that toke place in South America, they would be proud. Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. When his parents died they left him a fortune, which he used in the best way he could. As a young man he traveled to Europe to finish his education. When he was nineteen he married a beautiful young lady from Spain. When Simon and his wife went back to Simon's country (Venezuela), his wife died of yellow fever just after a year of living in Venezuela.

Now Simon Bolivar was back in South America, he wanted to help the south American countries gain their independence from Spain. In 1810 he tried to get the independence of Venezuela but was not successful, but he tried and tried until it happened in 1813 and gained control of Venezuela. Then in December of 1819, Simon announced the establishment of The Republic of Colombia. He made himself the leader of this great country but he wasn't a good leader. Next he freed Ecuador from the Spanish with multiple battles. He then moved into becoming the dictator of Peru, since that didn't work he became the president. His presidency didn't last long because Peru broke up into two different countries; Peru and Bolivia.

Before Simon even knew he fought against the Spanish to gain independence for most of South America's countries. He had a country named after him; Bolivia. But most importantly he was heavily influenced by The French and American Revolutions. The constitutions that were made for the countries in South America, are very similar to those of France and The United States. Due to all his accomplishments he is know as "Simon Bolivar: El Libertador" or some people referred to him as "The George Washington of South America." He deserves both of these labels for everything he did. His accomplishments of freeing six countries from Spain, giving them their independence, made him one of the most important political leaders in history. Simon Bolivar died on the island of Santa Marta, Colombia on December 17, 1830 of tuberculosis.