Why Is Simon Bolivar Called The George Washington Of South America

David Bushnell is an author which wrote about Simon Bolivar, which was about the history of Simon Bolivar life who fought in the war to have independence in South America. Bushwell wanted to explain what actually happened with Simon Bolivar when he fought in the war to have independence in his country. The PDF reading of Simon Bolivar and Manuela, Leaders of South American Independence explains how Bolivar helped South America became independence country. For the Sounth America, they believe Simon Bolivar and he “has been called the ‘George Washington of South America’ for his efforts in securing the independence of his native Venezula, as well as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia” (Belicor). Bolivar helped his country in the early of the 1800s, actually started in June 1824 with “The army of independence finally commenced its march by stage” when he fought in the war to have his country have more independence.

Furthermore, he was an author of his constitution of 1826, which was about “a provision allowing its president to serve for life and choose his own successor” (1). He finished his book about how he fought to get his country become more independence and acted like “Geogre Washington”. This was very important to him because he wanted everyone knows that he fought in the war to have independence for his country, so they can have more freedom such as before the country has independence, Bolivar “led patriot forces in an assault on New Granada and then headed southward to Quito and on to Peru, where the Congress named him supreme dictator” (1). Bolivar had a great experience to lead his country to have independence, and he fought in the war to became their hero for the