Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon was born on July 24, 1783 and lived in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a great military general who turns out to inspire the Latin American people to revolt. He inspired his people for democracy and the only way was to get rid of the Spaniards. These wars to free countries in South America was known as the Bolivar wars. After the War, that was a success, he went on to marry María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro. When she died a year later, he decided to never remarry. He ended serving as a president for Gran Columbia. He was going to go to England or France, when he finally died after a long battle with Tuberculosis.