Simón Bolivar
By: Mason Schmidt, DiMitri Bowie,
and Robert Mayo
Time Line
Born
July 24,
1783
defeated the
Spanish army
in Carabobo in
1821
1813
Given Military
command in Tunja,
New Granada
1822 Bolivar
became
dictator of
Peru
Died
December
17, 1830
Bolivia was
named after
him in 1825
Birth
• Simón Bolívar was
born in Caracas.
• His mother was
Doña María.
• His father was
Coronel Don Juan
Vicente Bolívar y
Ponte.
Birth Place
Simón Bolivar
• He was one of the
greatest generals of
the south. He won
victories for Bolivia,
Panama, Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, and
Venezuela. He is
known as the
liberator of the
south.☻
Victories
• He captured a
Columbian military
group in Bogota in
1814
• Bolivar defeated the
Spanish army at
Carabobo, Venezuela
on June 24, 1821.
• His army won a victory
over the Spaniards at
Auacucho in 1824.
Cause of death
• He died from
tuberculosis.
• He died on April
27, 1830.
• He was buried in
the cathedral of
Santa Marta.
•Simón Bolívar is regarded in Hispanic
America as a hero, visionary,
revolutionary, and liberator. During his
lifetime, he led Bolivia, Colombia, Peru,
Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela to
independence, and helped lay the
foundations for democratic ideology in
much of Hispanic America.
• Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals.
Bolivar was born in July 24, 1783, at Caracas, Venezuela.
Bolivar joined the group of patriots that seized Caracas in
1810 and proclaimed independence from Spain. Bolivar
crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela on June
24, 1821. Next, he marched into Educador and added that
territory to the new Colombian republic. After a meeting in
1822 with another great liberator, Bolivar became dictator of
Peru.
Pictures
Simon Bolivar could not have lived his life with more
easy and luxury. Simon Bolivar went to Cartagena and
joined forces with Colombian patriot, Atonio Narino. He
returned to win countless victories against the Spanish.
In August, 1813, he entered Caracas and was given the
title of "the liberator." In 1814 the Spanish recaptured
Caracas and Simon escaped to Jamaica, where he created
a book called La Carta de Jamaica, which means "The
Letter from Jamaica."
• -In Venezuela and Bolivia, Bolivar's birthday is
celebrated as a national holiday.
Simon Bolivar's whole name is, Simón José Antonio de la
Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco! He was known
as "El Libertador" (The Liberator).
~He vowed never to marry again, a vow, which he kept for the rest
of his life.
~Bolivar lost respect for Napoleon whom he considered
to have betrayed the republican ideals.
• In 1824 Bolívar led the revolutionary
forces of Peru in their fight for
independence. He was elected president
of Peru in 1825 and later organized in
southern Peru a new republic, which was
named Bolivia in his honor.
• Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad
Bolívar was born on July 24, 1783 in Caracas,
Venezuela to affluent parents. He belonged to a
family of Spaniards who had been born in the
New World. His parents died when he was very
young and he was educated by private tutors.
These included the great intellectuals Andrés
Bello and Simón Rodríguez. In 1799 he left for
Spain and it was there that he met his wife,
Maria Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa.
• Simón Bolívar was a complex man. He
was an idealist, an aristocrat secure in his
heritage and status, a well-educated man
and deep-thinker who liked things done his
way, a visionary and a revolutionary.
• The military and political career of
Simon bolivar, July 24, 1783, December
17, 1830, which included both formal
service in the armies of various
revolutionary regimes and actions
organized by himself or in collaboration
with other exiled patriot leaders during the
years from 1811 to 1830, was an
important element in the success of the
independence wars in south america.