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Simon Bolivar was born July 24th, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela to a wealthy family. Due to his family’s aristocratic status, he was sent to Spain to be educated, and while there gained some military experience when Spain was invaded by France in 1808. He rebelled against Spanish rule in South America and conquered the Republic of Venezuela. After conquering Venezuela he was soon ousted by a civil war and exiled to Jamaica where he wrote his idea of unifying South America. Simon Bolivar had two main goals as a leader, he first wanted to free all of South America from Spanish rule and influence. He believed that South America was able to dictate their own lives and did not like a Country thousands of miles away to tell them how to live. His second goal was to unite all of the people in South America under one country called Gran Colombia. He succeeded in this, but was not able to keep them united for long due to the different factions in South America.

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Simón Bolívar Simón Bolívar was a South American military leader who played a key role in revolutions against the Spanish Empire in the 1800’s. He was born into wealth in Caracas, New Granada, which is now known as Venezuela, where his parents owned gold and copper mines, and traveled to Spain in 1799 when his parents died. Early in his life he was influenced by a tutor, Simón Rodríguez, who introduced him to 18th century liberal philosophy and later, rationalist philosophy. Following his return to Venezuela in 1803, his marriage with a woman named María Teresa ended abruptly after less than a year when his wife died of yellow fever; soon after, he returned to Spain and kept in the company of Napoleon Bonaparte in his political career. He furthered his education in Paris, studying rationalist philosophy from the likes of Montesquieu and Rousseau, though being personally invested in Voltaire’s teachings. He eventually encountered German scientist Alexander von Humboldt, and it was stated that, “[Humboldt] had just returned from his voyage through Hispanic America and told Bolívar that he believed the Spanish colonies were ripe for independence. That idea took root in Bolívar’s imagination, and, on a trip to Rome with Rodríguez, as they stood on the heights of Monte Sacro, he made a vow to liberate his country”(Encyclopædia Britannica). Upon the coronation of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain and its colonies (including Venezuela) Simón joined a resistance against this move, invading Venezula on May 14, 1813, beginning the Compana Admirable,or Admirable Campaign and later that year establishing the Venezuelan Second Republic. Upon the country entering a civil war soon after, he fled to Jamaica where he depicted his vision parliamentary South American republic modeled after England in his “Letter from Jamaica”. His later military campaigns began to shape the Spanish colonies into the South America known today, as his actions had united much of South America and freed it from Spanish rule.

"Simon Bolivar". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2016. Web. 29 Feb. 2016

Biography.com Editors. "Simón Bolívar Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, 2016. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.