Bolivar (jan 1, 1816 – jan 1, 1830)
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1816 Spain's military drives Simón Bolivar from New Grenada. Bolivar flees to Jamaica and then to Haiti.1817 Bolivar and a small force return to Venezuela and establish a base inland in the rain forest along the Orinoco River.
1821 Caracas falls to Bolivar's force. Venezuela is now free of Spanish rule. Peru and Mexico declare independence. In Guatemala independence is declared for its provinces: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Salvador and Chiapas.
1830 Simón Bolivar dies disappointed and regretting that Spain did not allow people in its American colonies to develop self-government within a framework of institutions as had Britain with its colonists.
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Date:
jan 1, 1816
jan 1, 1830
~ 14 years