SIMÓN BOLIVAR

WHO HE WAS

• 1783-1830 born in Caracas, New Granada
• South American soldier
• Born into wealth, well educated
• Helped Venezuela gain independence
• Wanted to unite South America, GW of SA

IDEALS

• Bolívar was a Republican, with enlightenment ideals
• Wanted independence from Spain for S. America
• Bolívar was inspired by George Washington
• Wanted to make one big SA country like US
• Campaigned with creole leaders(José de San Martin)

WHAT HE DID

• Took up arms against Spanish rule in 1811
• Struggled at first, went into exile twice
• 1819- army crushed Spanish in Columbia
• Later campaigned in Venezuela, Peru etc
• 1824- creoles overcame Spanish armies in SA

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Wanted to make "Gran Columbia"
• Attempted to get all SA countries to join as one
• EX: Peru, Bolivia(named after Bolivar)
• BUT regional amd political differences stopped it
• Bolívar declared SA, "ungovernable"

MORE INFO

• Bolívar was very disappointed
• After breakup, Bolívar died
• He died en route to self-imposed exile to Europe

GRAN COLUMBIA

WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?

• Yes and no
• Helped SA countries gain independence
• Did not get his wish of United SA (Gran Columbia)
• Accomplished some but not all goals of goals
• (SA= South America)