Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar led many of the south American countries to their revolutions and led them to their victory. He is known as the South American liberator.Simon Bolivar would travel from Venezula to the United States to see the government since America was no longer in control by Great Britian. He saw that the government was great and they were doing fine. Then Caracas started a revolution with Spain and he had to go over to help. When he came back he was in favor of started a revolution.

He helped Venezula start a revolution and helped them win their independence in 1821. He also helped Ecuador, Columbia , Panama, and Peru win their independence. This is why he is so famous, what he is mostly known for. He helped most South American counrties fight for their independence. His influence to start the revolutions was the fact that he believed that Latin American countries shouldnt be ruled with another counrty half way around the world. He has a country named after him because of all the hard work he has done and with Peru. They decided to make part of Peru named Bolivia.