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Simon Bolivar

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Simun Bolivar Liberator of Venezuela

According to historians , Caracas , Venezuela was among the most beautiful and fertile properties held by Spain in the 16th century . The county was perfect for raising cattle , growing sugar cane , cocoa and was rich in other resources including silver , copper and indigo . More than half of Venezuela 's population resided in Caracas also creating additional appeal to the Spanish . In Caracas the maintenance of a rigid caste system was possible given that over 60 of the population consisted of

Negroes and pardos (Negro mixed race ) who served primarily as the enslaved labor force . The other 40 of the population consisted of Europeans , Indians and mestizos (Indian mixed race , this stratification of the races made enforcing a caste system easy for Spaniard who held themselves superior event o the creoles who were of European descent but born in the Americas . Vicente Bolivar y Ponte and his wife Concepcion Palacios y Blanco were wealthy Creole plantation owners whose wealth was at least two centuries old and could be traced back almost to founding of the city of Caracas in 1567 . They owned twelve houses cattle and indigo plantations in Caracas and La Guaira , Venezuela . Yet because of their designation as creoles ' they (along with all other Creoles ) were treated as inferior to those individuals born in Spain and could not hold high offices in the government as a result of their classification

Vicente being an intellectual was allowed to serve a lower governmental role which called for him to travel to Madrid . While serving as a deputy in Madrid he was able to observe the monarchy at a vantage point that was foreign to his peers back in Venezuela . Vicente was disillusioned by the Spanish leadership and returned home to Caracas convinced that his country was best independent from Spanish rule . Upon his return home Vicente and a few other wealthy plantation owners joined forces and wrote to Sebastibn Francisco de Miranda Rodrnguez , a fellow Venezuelan who shared his dream of an independent South America . While Miranda would eventually play a stronger role in the South American revolution Vicente would not live to see his dream fulfilled . Vicente Bolivar died in 1786 of tuberculosis his three year old son , Simon , would inherit land , riches and his father 's passion for a free South America

Heralded as being one of the greatest liberators of South America Simun Bolivar was destined to accomplish great things since his birth in 1783 . Born in Caracas , Venezuela into a wealthy Creole family , Simun and his siblings were raised to love and value education . After his father 's death in 1786 , Simon 's mother Concepcion , ensured that he and his siblings received the best education possible . First , Simon was tutored by his grandfather but soon began to study under the tutelage of other great teachers such as Andres Bello and Simon Rodriguez . Rodriguez , was a follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and taught his young pupil in accordance to his own...

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