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Jul 9, 1516
Argentina declared it Dependece
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Simon Bolivar
Bolivar was born in Caracas (present-day Venezuela) in 1783 to an extremely wealthy family. At that time, a handful of families owned most of the land in Venezuela, and the Bolivar family was among the wealthiest in the colony. -
Brazil's Royal Liberator
Napoleons armies invaded both spain and portugal. -
Mexico Ends spanish rule (Miguel Hidalgo the small village)
A priest in the small village of dolores, took the first step toward independence. Hidalgo was a poor but-well- educated man. He finally believed in Enlighment ideas. on September 16,1810, trhe range the bells of his village church. -
Venezuela declared its Independence.
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The Spaniar forced Bolivar's
The Spaniards forced Bolivar to retreat from Venezuela to New Granada (now Colombia), also at war with Spain. He took command of a Colombian force and captured Bogota in 1814. -
Venezuela won the Independece
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Miguel Hidalgo (Jose de Martin meet )
in this last major battle of the war for independece, the spanish colonies in latin america won their freedom. the future countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador were United into a contry called Gran Colombia. By 1821, Bolivar finally me Jose de San Martin. -
Vioctory over Spaniards (Simon Bolivar)
His army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho in 1824, which needed Spanish power in South America.