Simon Bolivar and the Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar
-Simon Bolivar was the greatest leaders of the Spanish Revolution.Like many before him, Simon heard about the Enlightenment thinkers.He traveled to Europe and studied the work of Locke, Rousseau and others.Simon also went to the United States where he studied the Constitution. He became inspired and quickly wanted to use this ideas to liberate South America.He won the people's trust and he formed his own army to defeat the Spanish. Under his leadership he was able to free Columbia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. With the countries he had liberated he named them the Republic of Columbia.

-Simon Bolivar is famous because he is a great hero.He was the voice of the people in South America. He fought for their freedom and but he accomplished more than that, because of him South America is made up of different countries. Bolivia named their country after him because it was one of the countries he had liberated. Simon Bolivar inspired by the ideas of democracy, of a new way of life, did the impossible and defeated Spain.