Simon Bolevar and Latin American Revolution

Simon Bolivar and The Latin American Revolution

• Why is Simon Bolivar so important? Simon Bolivar is so important because he was considered in part to lead the fight for independence in what we know now as the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
  
• Why is there a country named after him in South America?There is a country named after Bolivar because he and some help were the one's to fight for the independence of most of South America.So on August 6, of 1825 the congress of upper Peru created the republic of Bolivia, they named it Bolivia because of Simon Bolivar.
• Who did he help defeat and what was he fighting for? Bolivar help defeat the Spanish control on most of the South America.Bolivar was fighting for the independence of the countries we know now as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
• What influenced him in his quest for revolution?What influenced Bolivar was the French and the Scottish Enlightenment and also the Greek.