The Comparison Between Venezuela's Simón Bolivar And George Washington

When evaluating and providing background on important people in the history of different countries, many readers an historians find it helpful to compare this historical figure to other historical figures in history. These comparisons can be both educational and accurate and they can be inaccurate and can stretch different characteristics of people to fit with the other person in the comparison. One comparison historians often make is the comparison between Venezuela’s Simón Bolivar and Colonial America’s George Washington. This comparison is not exactly accurate as there as several differences between them and they had majorly different outcomes in the end. In addition, Bolivar viewed his outcome in a manner that was vastly inaccurate

He was successful in several of the things that he did for the war of independence in Venezuela. He achieved tremendous growth in Latin America for the different nations that were under Spanish control. He also made major steps towards independence in Latin America and more specifically in Venezuela. Bolivar kick started a movement that may still be occurring today if he had not sparked the attention of the Creoles and Mestizos. Bolivar was also very hard on himself when looking back on all that he did in his life. He viewed the fact that he did not fully accomplish his vision and goals as a complete failure towards the independence movement in Latin America and more importantly in Latin America. He did not believe that he had benefited Venezuela in any way. Bolivar influenced the Latin American independence movement by causing the people to come up with a vision for their country and encouraged the people to unite under a common goal. After Bolivar was exiled from Venezuela for the final time, he reflected back on his life and all that he had done. He stated that “America, as a whole, is ungovernable.” Bolivar was not as much of a failure as he viewed himself to