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
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, also referred to as the father of Mexican independence, began his life on May 8, 1753. He was born on the ranch of San Vincente, the estate of San Diego Corraljo, in the Jurisdiction of Pénjamo, Guanajuato.[1] His parents were Don Cristóbal Hidalgo y Costilla and Doña Ana María Gallaga. Miguel Hidalgo was a Creole, meaning that he was born of pure Spanish blood in a province of Spain.[2] Don Cristóbal and Doña Ana María conceived three more sons subsequent to Miguel. All of their sons were beneficiaries to the reign of Carlos III in Spain. Carlos III allowed admittance of Creoles to colleges and universities, thus inspiring Creole fathers to send their
fighting and accomplished overthrowing the Haitians the proximate year. On February 27, 1844 another attempt
Where on the other hand, Simon Bolivar was the kind of guy that would save the day and do bold and unexpected things.
In his letters, Bolívar championed criollo-led centralized authority rather than decentralized federalism, which he assailed as the cause of the first Venezuelan Republic’s demise
In terms of political strategies. the vision of bolivar always involved people as part of the nation. Simon Bolivar was a stronger general. Was unable to create his republic. Bolivar tried to use authority to create stability, but failed. in some years later his vision was clouded by the victory and began to develop characteristics dictatorial. He was commonly seen as a dictator from his authoritative views. He declared himself dictator of Gran Colombia in 1828.
This exposure to new ideas played a crucially important role in the independence movement for Latin America, in that Simón used these ideas he was taught to influence the people of his country. Without Simón Bolívar’s avocation of these enlightment ideas to the people of Latin America, independence for these states may not have been possible. Since Simón Bolívar could be seen as responsible of the one advocating how important it is for citizens to fight for their rights and freedoms, and these ideas where the reason that ignited the movement towards independence. During the nineteenth century, many people needed some kind of guidance about how they should act and think in regards to being inferior to Spanish rule that had a hold on their country like Latin America experienced throughout Spanish colonial rule. Simón Bolívar and his enlightment ideas were just what the citizens needed in leading them towards independence, since it seemed like they were lost without his guidance. Perhaps Simón Bolívar was just the right intellectual at the right time, since it seemed that people during this time needed someone to guide or speak for them, and that they ultimately couldn’t think or act for themselves so Simón guided them. It was said that Simón Bolívar was considered an intellectual and that people followed his ideas and visions because his campaigns were so
“A call to arms by Francisco Madero, a leader of the prodemocracy forces, united the disparate groups opposed to Diaz which succeeded in overthrowing the Porfirian government and forcing Diaz into exile” (Vanden & Prevost 319).
This project’s purpose is to record a people who have lived through the promises and outcomes of the Bolivarian Revolution, an idea that captured Venezuela’s spirit and spread across 16 Latin America nations as the Pink Tide. The poor and working class will be a fundamental component of this story as I investigate the role the revolution has played in shaping the lives of this perpetually overlooked group of people. Simultaneously, the nature of these issues will create a portal into the world of Venezuelan heritage, traditions, and political and civic culture. What I write will be the reality of the situation; the interpretation will be left up to the reader.
Miguel Hidalgo was born in Mexico, 1753. His parents were both Spanish, and he was the youngest of four sons. One of his beliefs was that Mexicans should be free and self-governed. He tried talking to the Spaniards about treatment of Native Mexicans. The Spanish employers would not listen to Hidalgo, so he thought that the only way to get them to listen was to rebel.
In An Address of Bolivar at the Congress of Angostura by Simón Bolívar, it states “We are but mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards. Americans by birth and Europeans by law, we find ourselves engaged in a duel conflict…” (Doc. A) Since this is written in 1819 it is a primary source, it also has a negative view towards Europeans. This quote shows Simón Bolívar uniting his nation state. It is saying why they are different from Europeans and that they have to find their own position. The Europeans made a law that made people who were born in America still
The “Bolivarian revolution” revolves around the rise of the leftest movement which started with Hugo Chavez, and soon many other leaders rose to the occasion. The sole purpose of this movement was to help Latin America get rid of dictators and reestablish under Simon Bolivar's ideals of making Latin America not a colony but a nation for the people residing in it. Now that Chavez is dead, I believe that he was able to complete Bolivar's conquest of freeing Latin America. Now that Chavez has passed away, he has left both good and bad implications, but I believe its more good than bad. “The real opposition to Chavez is from the United States which was so angry at the way that he built up a credible alternative to the U.S. idea of free trade with
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar, or more commonly known as Simon Bolivar The Liberator, was born in Caracas, Venezuela (Lynch, 2007, p.25). Early in his life military had played a big role in his life, which set up his
Simon bolivar, who was a rebel, decided to lead a revolution of South America. Simon bolivar was the leader of the revolution he gathered people from Venezuela and they fought fearless battle. Because Simon created a speech he became famous he quoted “let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom without fear!” Simon became military leader over patriots who were ready to fight. During Their first triumph came in 1813. He also gained the name el liberatador which meant the liberator. Super surprisingly they fought fight after fight, for over more than ten years. Simon never gave up hence the name “second Washington of the new world.” Simon bolivar, who was a rebel, became an exquisite hero.
Bolivar was exiled in Columbia and Jamaica. In 1816 he launched an invasion against Venezuela with help from Haiti. He captured Boyota, the capital of New Granada, to secure a base for attack on Venezuela. This tactic worked, as Bolivar and San Martin captured Carcas and he was named president by the summer of 1821. In July of 1822, armies of Bolivar and San Martin moved to liberate Quito. They disagreed about the political structure of Latin America. San Martin wanted monarchies, but Bolivar advocated republicanism. San Martin went into exile in Europe and retired from the public life. Bolivar allowed the political situation in Peru to be confused, and he sent troops to establish his control. In December of 1824, the Spanish royalist forces suffered a defeat at the Battle of Ayacoucho at the hands of liberating army. This battle marked the conclusion of the Spanish effort to retain the American Empire.
Primo de Rivera’s fate resumed in the landowners deserting him while he attempted to introduce arbitration committees for worker’s wages and conditions. On one hand, it can be argued that the unfairness and failure to address the diverse concerns of its people had caused the Spanish Political system to lose the elections of April 1931. On the other hand, the gains that liberals and socialists made in the 1931 elections had aided their popularity in Spain. The king was advised to abdicate by the military and Spain became a republic once again, over the short period of half a century. Preston argues that Spain’s social tensions had grown in the period between the two republics, yet nobody was anticipating a civil war in the April of 1931.