This month we asked for the name of a man instrumental in the wars for independence in South America? There are many right answers but we were thinking of Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín.
Bolívar was influential in achieving independence in the Spanish territories that included modern-day Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. José de San Martín played major and minor roles in the liberation of Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile. Both of these men worked simultaneously on different ends of South America, and then met in the middle to liberate Peru together.
The question, and answer, were found in Latino American Experience. The Latino American Experience provides over 200 volumes of content, from encyclopedias to biographies, and primary documents dating from pre-Colonial civilizations, that explore Latino history and contemporary culture in the United States. Includes a timeline, images, maps, and lesson plans. Find it on the library’s Research & Homework page under “L” and access it with your library card.
