... great confederation. Bolivar was born in 1783 in modern day Venezuela (Caracas), and lived for forty-eight years. Bolivar was a zealous republican who became involved with the Enlightenment period. Bolivar constantly spoke of public sovereignty. Bolivar became inspired by George Washington and fought Spanish rule in 1811. Bolivar often had reversals and was often exile. ... Equador, and Peru. Although Simon Bolivar attempted to weld many Latin American countries together, his plan was a failure. In 1830, regional, political, and greed undermined the royals. As the confederation was dimi...

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... governed by Spain, Portugal and France. The major liberators of Latin America were Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin. This Independence Movement was influenced by the new ideas of Europe's Age of Enlightenment, which introduced ideas such as limiting the power of monarchs, and also was probably influenced by the American and French Revolution. The first attempt at Independence occurred in Venezuela ... where Francisco de Miranda, launched an invasion into the Spanish colony, which turned out to be useless ... as it was easily crushed by the powerful Spanish army. Then ... ...

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