The Liberation: He had a very important role in Hispanic’s history because he gave most of South America its freedom. Simon Bolivar is perhaps the single most important military strategist in the History of latin american. Some countries included Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. Simon Bolivar is relevant to this year’s topic in many ways. His help was a major difference in the freedom rights of South America. Spain had taken over these Southern American countries and segregated the whites and non-whites. Simon Bolivar worked for the rights of the non-whites who were treated very poorly and succeeded in giving them freedom. He also had a huge responsibility. If he had not done anything or tried to save his people, those countries would probably be still under the rulership of Spain. Non-whites in the Southern American countries would probably still be treated poorly if it wasn't for Simon Bolivar. He has a huge responsibility for the freedom of South America. Simon Bolivar was a South American soldier that was one of the causes that led the Southern American's to revolt against the Spanish empire. His contribution was the main reason for the freedom of Southern America and he doesn't get very much credit. When France invaded Spain, Bolivar was involved with the Spanish american war fighting for the independents of Spain. The country of The republic of Bolivia was created in honor of Simon's great help to the Hispanic world. In 1810, Bolivar returned to Venezuela and joined a resistance group to fight for the independents of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Leading from the fight of the independents of Caracas, the rest of South american followed Bolivar in the independents of itself. Six years before he died he became the president of Venezuela. The Spaniards forced Bolivar to retreat from Venezuela to Colombia. He took command of Colombia and took over the city, Bogota in 1814. The patriots, however, lacked men and supplies, and new defeats led Bolivar to flee to Jamaica. In Haiti he gathered a force that landed in Venezuela in 1816, and took over Ciudad Bolivar. He also became dictator there. Bolivar marched to Colombia in 1819 and defeated the Spaniards in Boyar, freeing the whole territory of Colombia. Later he Returned to Cuidad Bolivar, formerly known as Angostura, to lead congress to take over the Republic of Colombia, which includes Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. He became the first president of Venezuela in December 17, 1819. Bolivar destroyed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela on June 24, 1821, which was another liberation on a city in Venezuela. The war on Carabobo was great to secure that they had taken over the northern part of South Africa. Next, he marched into Educador and added that territory to the new Colombian republic. After, he met with another great liberator, Bolivar became dictator of Peru. His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho in 1824, which needed Spanish power in South America. Upper Peru became a separate state, named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. They wars fought were major turning points in the history of northern South America and later Venezuela and the republic of Colombia gained it's independence which were followed by the rest of the countries boarded. |