Simon Bolivar was a great leader that helped get independence from Spain. South America used to be owned by spain. Simon then went to spain and to the united states and said he well fight for the independece. He was born on July 24 1783 in Caracas Venezuela. He had a ruff child hodd becuase his parents died before he was a teen.
Simon traveled to Europe nd went to Italy nd France he saw a lot nd learned a lot to. He then also went to the United States of America where he learned that they fought against Great Britian nd won there independence. He though , France nd The US won there liberty so whyt dont we. He was ditermined to win his countries independence. He joined up with a guy Miranda which was also against the spanish. They fought and won but Spain didnt give up and attacked and they tok back there land. Simon then escaped to the Granda where he met new friends and planed to take Venezuela back.
Simon then fought and won the independence of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. He then made La Grand Colombia . they where all together untill they all fought for there independence. Bolivar was known as a hero in south america. Bolivar got a country named after him known in south america as Bolivia. He is one of the inspirations to the south american people.
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