Simon Bolivar's Fight For Independence

Simon Bolivar was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Venezuela. His family gained money from rich gold and copper mines they owned in Venezuela. He had three sisters and one brother. He went to school in Spain to continue his education after his parents died in 1799, which is where he got involved in the political sphere in Europe. He also got married to María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa in 1802, who died a year later of yellow fever. In 1808, Bolivar became involved in the resistance movement and had an important role in the Spanish American fight for independence. Once he liberated Venezuela, Ecuador, Upper Peru (now Bolivia), Colombia, and Peru from Spanish rule, he was named El Libertador (The liberator). During 1820 and 1824, Bolivar continued to fight to end Spanish power in South America for complete. In 1821 Gran Colombia was under Bolivar’s leadership. Additionally in 1824, he became Dictator of Peru and in 1825, when Bolivia became an independent country, it was named after him. Overall, Bolivar was a great military and …show more content…
Once the revolution for Spanish independence was over, the Church began to support independence. Bolivar was very respectful of the church because it was what kept all the Latin American states together and the Church supported Bolivar. However, if Simon Bolivar were to live during the Scientific Revolution age, I believe he would accept the scientific method to learn about the natural and social world as compared to accepting the teachings of the church and other ancient ideas because in many of his letters, he described himself as “liberal”. When Bolivar was presenting his draft Constitution for Bolivia, he declared, “Religion is the law of conscience. Any law upon it nullifies it, because as it imposes the need for this duty, takes away the merit of faith which is the basis of