WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bolivar hoped to unite all South American countries into one nation. He did not succeed in this plan. Instead, his leadership helped establish what are now the nations of Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela.

Detailed explanation-2: -The main reason, simply put, is that the areas rebelling against Spanish control in South America were much, much larger than the areas rebelling against British control in North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -He believed that once united America would impress Europe because, “ Who shall oppose an American united in heart, subject to one law, and guided by the torch of liberty.” Bolivar wanted a unified America that would be undefeatable by past and future oppressors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bolivar’s idea was to strengthen cooperation among the new republics and to leave behind the destruction and death caused by the struggle for independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.