The Life of a Young Bolivar

As young bolivar was growing up, the world around him was changing. And new granada in particular was about to become the focal point of a third wave of pre independence unrest. This one triggered by the seminal arrival of the french revolution in 17 89. France was suddenly generating and circulating a whole host of dangerous new ideas that the spanish authorities could not stop from spreading into their american empires. Right now, i want to cover three incidents in particular that would rock new granada as young Bolivar made the transition from spoiled brat to nauseating adolescent.