Simon Bolivar, The Liberator
What/who was a creole?
creole- a Spanish person born in the colonies
What/who was a peninsulare?
a peninsulare – a native of Spain itself.
What country was named after Simon Bolivar?
Bolivia
Quito is now known as what country?
Ecuador
Bolivar had traveled to Spain when he was a teenager for this reason...
to see where his ancestors where from.
Bolivar had to flee to the island of __________, which was owned by Great Britain.
Jamaica
South Americans who were part Indian were called...
- mestizos
South Americans who were Part African were called...
- pardos
At first, Bolivar had fewer than ________ soldiers in New Granada.
100
The llaneros joined the ________ army
Patriot
Simon Bolivar died of this disease
Tuberculosis
Bolivar met to draw up a _____________ for a new South American union.
Constitution
What did the Spanish do to Francisco de Miranda when they found him locked up in his own home?
took him back to Spain – where he lived the rest of his life in a dungeon.
The poorer men of Venezuela, called _________, herded cattle and did not like Bolivar.
llaneros
La Republica de Columbia was comprised of what 3 states?
New Granada, Venezuela, and Quito
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It took San Martin's army this long to traverse the Andes Mountains
1 month
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Ferdinand VII of Spain sent __________soldiers to South America to fight.
11,000
On what date did Bolivar march back into Caracas and declare that Venezuela was free for the second time?
August 6, 1813
San Martin said he’d tried to fight for liberty for ____years
24
By what year had most of South America been freed from Spanish rule?
1822