Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar is one of the greatest general in world history.He accomplished a great amount of achiements in a short period of time. The whole contient of South America was captured by Spanish rule and Simon Bolivar didn't like that. He went to Europe and studied work of Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire. On his way back fom studying in Europe he went by the United States and learned even more about democracy. He took action into his own hand in South America. He took over Venuzeula in 1811. He then took over many other countries and then named it Republic of Columbia.

He is a hero in South America. People see him as a hero because if it wasnt for him then there wouldnt be no free south american countries. They would all be conquered by Spain. They were all very unhappy being ruled by Spain and Bolivar was the first to take action. They honored him so much they even named a country from him. He fought for freedom, and democracy. He fought against the spanish. He will always be a hero in South America, for freeing the people.