Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

He got independence by organizing a small group of followers to defeat the Spanish. He defeated them with surprise attacks and wise decision in battle. He had Creole parents, and he was born at July 24, 1783 at Caracas, Venezuela. Simon went to Europe and America to study their form of government. He had learned about the Enlightenment thinkers, and the revolutions in France and America. 

Simon and Fransisco de Miranda both won a battle at Valencia. On December 17, 1830 Simon Bolivar died of tuberculosis. He was famous because he helped liberate many countries in South America. The country Bolivia is named after Bolivar because he helped liberate Bolivia.  He helped others defeat the spanish forces in Latin America so he can liberate the countries under them. The Enlightenment thinkers, John Locke, and the revolutions on France and America influenced him to lead the revolution.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

Thomas Jefferson wrote that all men, as in people, are born equal and that no one was greater than another. We all had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is why the people created a government to protect these rights.The government comes from the people. If the people do not agree with the government they can overthrow it. The government gets its power from the people.

Copernicus and the Trial of Galileo

The geocentric explanation of the solar system is that the Earth was the center of everything, and everything else revolves around it. Back then the Greeks and Chinese believed in this. Philosophers also thought that all the planets, stars, and the sun revolved around the Earth in circular motions.

The heliocentrism said that the Sun is the center of everything, and all the other planets revolve around it. The Heliocentric theory is the only correct explanation of our solar system. Nicoluas Copernicus mathematically proved the heliocentric theory. Johaness Kepler expanded more about this idea by using a telescope. People that believed in a God were against this idea because it went against of what they use to believe. Today everyone believes in this because people have created stronger telescopes and have went into space to prove this.

The trial of Galileo was were they argued about whether to believe in the scientific teaching or the Holy Bible. Galileo stated in a book that the earth was not the center of the universe so he was put to trial by the catholic church. The church believed in the geocentric theory while Galileo believed in the heliocentric theory. Galileo used a telescope to prove that the earth revolved around the sun.