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Venezuela, located at 6.4238 degrees north and 66.589 degrees west is a South American country located in the northern region of the continent bordering countries such as Guyana, Brazil, Colombia and the Southern Caribbean Sea. The Country is known worldwide as a main exporter of millions of precious amount of petroleum oil. Venezuela comprises a continental mainland that also consists of numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, such as Margarita Island which is the best known of these islands.…

To the Spanish king secured the support of American viceroyalty, offering them representation in Parliament. For this concession, individual areas initially pledged support and loyalty to the king, but soon realized that it is to their advantage when they manage their affairs themselves. The wars for independence was held in two phases in the years 1808-1814 and 1816-1825. The revolutionary movement began in 1808, an important milestone was the year 1810, when almost all colonies patriots…

tried to get their independence but failed as Spain regained control over them. Then 1821, the Dominicans, led by José Núñez de Cáceres, wanted their independence. The Dominicans sought to become part of Simón Bolívar's new independent Republic of Gran Colombia, but in 1822, the Haitians conquered the entire island.…

attempt was ultimately a failure. However, in 1820 Augustin de Iturbide, a Creole military officer, became emperor of Mexico City and separated from the rest of Central America in 1838. A nation called Gran Colombia was formed between the years of 1817 and 1822 when Simon Bolivar conquered Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. By 1825, Spanish South America had freed itself from European rule. In 1822 Brazil joined the other independent countries when the exiled Portugal government declared Brazil…

Ancient times involved many trade networks that helped establish the global economy. One of these trade networks was the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty of China helped form the Silk Road. The Silk Road connected the ancient world and helped spread global economy. The Silk Road was multiple routes from east to west. The routes were used commonly around 130 BCE, then the Han Empire expanded trade west, in 1453 CE the Ottoman Empire avoided trade with any body west and the Ottomans captured…

Latin American Revolution By: Prabjot Singh, Dericka Rickenbacker, Florence Allison, and Brandon Prophete Aim: How did the Latin American Revolution occur? Objective:Students will be able to explain what led to the Latin American Revolution. Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2 Do Now: What would you start a revolution for and why? Exit Question: Reflect on what you learned about Latin America and it's people. Vocabulary Congress of Vienna- it was convened by the four European powers which…

Introduction The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America. Venezuela is bordered by the following three countries and a sea: to the east Guyana, to the west Colombia, to the south Brazil and to the north the Atlantic Ocean. The longest border is with Colombia than Brazil. The topography of Venezuela is a very mountainous can be broken down into four geographical divisions. These divisions are the Andes’ chain to the north, Lake Maracaibo to the west,…

In the eighteenth century, a cultural change consisting of philosophical thinking and new ideals transpired, known as the Enlightenment. It consisted of scientific reason and logic rather than religious faith. Many of the policies revolved around around man’s natural rights to life, liberty and property, as well as who should truly be in power and rule. Many of these Enlightened ideas inspired various groups of people, those who sparked revolutions globally, including the French and Latin…

Q6: I think the one thing that was mainly different about the South American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been…