HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some of Bolívar’s ideas include forming a union of Hispanic American countries, providing public education and enforcing sovereignty to fight against foreign invasion, which has been interpreted to include economic domination by foreign powers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bolivar was inspired by the American Revolutionary War. He admired George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and even sent his nephew to the University of Virginia. However, unlike the “Founding Fathers, ‘’ Bolivar rejected slavery and called for its abolition in the Americas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bolívar himself led multiple expeditionary forces against the Spaniards, and between 1819 and 1822 he successfully liberated three territories-New Granada (Colombia and Panama), Venezuela, and Quito (Ecuador)-from Spanish rule.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bolívar ended slavery in the countries in which he held political power. Bolívar’s body has been exhumed several times by Venezuelan leaders for political reasons. Venezuela asked for Bolívar’s body from Colombia more than a dozen years after he died.