History of Everything: Simon Bolivar The Liberator of South America
History of Everything
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The Liberator's Journey
Simone Bolivar, along with the help of some of his friends, goes and manages to escape Venezuela into the United provinces of new Granada. This is the territory that would end up becoming what is today modern day Colombia. And because very wealthy, because a noble with a lot of high ranking contacts, Bolivar does manage to secure position as the commander of a 70 man garrison in the small little town. At the time, new Granada was in an, it was an ally in order to fight Spain for independence.
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