6/30/2023 0 Comments Simon bolivar nickname![]() ![]() In 1814, however, the Spanish fought back and Bolívar led an army that was forced to flee the country.ĭuring his exile, he called for all Spanish colonies to rise up against European rule to “avenge three centuries of shame.” In 1814, he wrote a famous call to arms, The Letter from Jamaica, which outlined a plan to create republics reaching from Mexico to Argentina and Chile.Īfter receiving help from the newly independent Haiti, Bolívar returned to Venezuela to face the largest army Spain had ever sent across the Atlantic. The next year, Venezuela declared itself independent from Spain. In 1810, a group of rebels in Venezuela removed the Spanish viceroy (governor) from office and took control of the colony. ![]() ![]() One of them told Bolívar that the Spanish-American colonies had vast natural resources that could make them powerful-if only they could become free from Spanish control.īolívar returned to South America and joined the independence movement. He married while in Europe, but soon after the couple reached South America his wife died of yellow fever.īolívar then returned to Europe and met with several important thinkers and politicians. His education, however, included several years of study in Europe. As a native to the New World, Bolívar was considered a “creole” and not allowed to attain the highest offices in society. Simón Bolívar was born in 1783 to a wealthy family in Venezuela, which at that time was a Spanish colony. ![]()
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