Accomplishments:
Simon Bolivar is known for giving freedom to Southern American countries. Here are some of his greatest accomplishments:
Simon Bolivar is known for giving freedom to Southern American countries. Here are some of his greatest accomplishments:
- Freeing Gran Columbia of Spaniard rulers. (Picture above)
- Simon Bolivar had freed a territory the size of modern day Europe from the Spanish rulers. Keep in mind that the Spaniards were one of the most powerful nations in the world. And Simon Bolivar defeated them!
- He had a country named after him.
- After Simon Bolivar freed almost all of South America, the people wanted to thank him in anyway they felt was grand enough. Venezuelans had named him their president until he died in 1930. But Peru had given up a chunk of their land and called it "Bolivia", in honor of all Simon Bolivar did for them.