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Born in Caracas, Nueva Granada, in July 24, 1783, Don Simón José Antonio De La Santísima Trinidad Bolívar was born to his mother María de La Concepción Palacios y Blanco and his father Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte. At the time, their family was of the wealthiest in the area, owning a majority of Venezuelan land. Don Simon Bolivar was one of 4 in which he had two older sisters, Maria Antonia, Juana and his brother, Juan Vicente. Bolivar’s father had passed by the age of two, in which he played a minimal role in the life of young Don Simon Bolivar. By the age of nine, his mother had passed. During an early age of his child hood, Don Simon Bolivar was placed under the care of the family’s slaves, Matea and Hipolita, who even though had no biological …show more content…

Topics that were commonly of interest to students of his class. However, he began to grow a passion for literature and sciences. In which he became familiar with the works of John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, notable philosophers who expressed ideas of political liberalism and inspired the enlightenment of France and other European countries. For three years, Don Simon Bolivar lived in Spain, and in 1801 he married the daughter of a Spanish nobleman, Maria Teresa Rodriguez. Shortly after, Don Simon Bolivar and his wife returned to Caracas where he had established himself in the goodwill market system and as a Lieutenant in the local military. It wasn’t too long before the constant cycle of illness, death and defeat would begin to haunt the life of Don Simon Bolivar, as Maria Teresa became ill of yellow fever and passed away within a year of returning to Caracas in 1802. In an attempt to cope with his depression, Don Simon Bolivar decided to make a trip to Europe. It was then where he met German scientist Alexander Von Humboldt, in which Von Humboldt would frequent himself with Don Simon Bolivar visiting historical and art museum. It was Alexander Von Humboldt that passed on the idea to Don Simon Bolivar that, at the time, Spanish colonies were still in their prime season for independence. It was in this trip in which Don …show more content…

The period between 1813 and July of 1814, known as the Second Republic, is in reality the Terrible Year of Venezuelan History. The “War to Death” decree creates a furor, and the combats and indecisive battles, won or lost, follow one upon the other with increasing rapidity. Despite important victories, Bolívar as well as General Santiago Mariño (who had previously liberated the eastern areas of the nation) find themselves obliged to give way in the face of a more numerous adversary led by the royalist José Tomás Boves.
Boves emerges victorious from the La Puerta battle (June of 1814), and the patriots are forced to evacuate Caracas. A massive emigration towards the east takes place. There, Bolívar and Mariño see their authority challenged by their own companions at arms. The Liberator finds again fraternal asylum in Nueva Granada, where he intervenes with some measures of success in internal political struggles which enable the city of Bogotá to find a place in the newly established United Provinces. In May of 1815, in Cartagena, Bolívar resigns his command to avoid the outbreak of civil war. • In 1816, with Alexandre’s help, he returned to Venezuela and their forces seized Angostura after beating the counter-attack

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