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Simon Bolivar wasborn into a prosperous mining family
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Simon bolivar was the liberator of South America
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Bolivar moved to spain after the death of his parents
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Bolivar married María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa in 1802.
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in 1803 María Teresa sickened and died of yellow fever
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Bolivar returned to Venezuela in 1807 and joined the resistence movement.
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The resistance group based in Caracas gained independence in 1810 and Bolivar traveled to Britin on a diplomatic mission.
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Bolivar returned to Venezuela and began a campaign to wrest control of that country from the Spanish
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Bolívar was hailed as El Libertador
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Bolivar and his followers invaded Venezuela on May 14, 1813
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May 14,1813 marked the beginning of his Admirable Campaign which resulted in the formation of the Venezuelan Second Republic later that year.
