Simon Bolivar

By Nik Prithviraj

Birth

• His full name was Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte Blanco.

• Born July 24, 1783 in Caracas, New Granada ( is now Venezuela)

• He had a rich family, who got their money from gold and copper mines that they owned in Caracas.

Statue of Simon Bolivar at Funchal, Madeira

Simón Bolívar on a Venezuelan banknote Artist's Gate, Central Park

Early Years

• He moved to Spain in 1799, after the deaths of his parents. • Married María Teresa in 1802, when he was nineteen. • When the couple returned to Venezuela to visit in 1803, María

Teresa sickened and died of yellow fever.

María Teresa

• Her full name was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa

wedding death

1810-1813

• As he returned to Venezuela, Bolivar joined a group of patriots that attempted to seize Caracas in 1810 and proclaimed independence from Spain.

• He went to Great Britain in search of help, but could get only a promise of British neutrality.

• When he returned to Venezuela, he took command of a patriot army and recaptured Caracas from the Spaniards.(1813)

March 1811

• A national congress met in Caracas. • Bolivar gave his first public speech to the group. • He said, "Let us lay the cornerstone of American freedom

without fear. To hesitate is to perish.“• The First Republic was declared July 5, Venezuela becoming

the first colony anywhere in the Spanish empire to attempt to break free.

• Bolivar had slaves, and he was the first to set them free. • He was later considered famous when talking about slavery

across the Western Hemisphere.

Freemason

• Was a freemason• In 1803 he was initiated into the Masonic

Lodge Lautaro which operated in Cadiz, Spain.• In May 1806 he earned the rank of Master

Mason(3rd degree) • It is a necessity for participation in most

aspects of Masonry.•

Congreso de Angostura by Tito Salas

Nicknames

• "The Liberator"• “The George Washington of South America”

Oil painting by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal

Watercolor by Andrew Howat

President

• became the first president of the original republic of Colombia

• It is now Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.

• Happened on December 17, 1819 .

1821-1825

• Bolivar crushed the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezuela on June 24, 1821.

• After a meeting in 1822 with another great liberator, Bolivar became dictator of Peru.

• His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho in 1824.

• Upper Peru became a separate state, named Bolivia in his honor in 1825.

• The constitution that he created for Bolivia, was one of his most important political ideas.

Death

• What: tuberculosis• Where: Santa Marta• When: December 17,1830

Tuberculosis

• It is a disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

• The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but it can attack any part of the body, such as the kidney, spine, and brain.

• If not treated properly, it can be fatal.

SIMON BOLIVAR'S COMIC BOOK

His Sword

• Cuba's President Raul Castro was given a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas.

• On Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008.

SIMON BOLIVAR’S FAMED SWORD

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