The French and American revolution both had the same concept of fighting off a curropt government and creating your own government. These wars sparked an idea to the minds of people that were controlled as well. Most of South American belonged to Spain and present-day Brazil used to belong to Portugal. People in South America wanted to break free from control of Spain. Many important figures in South America came about because the deeply cared about the freedom of South America. One of these important figures was Simon Bolivar. He was a man with a troubled past as like his parents not being there for him and his wife dieing. Even with this past he still managed to become one of the most influencal people of this revolution. As he was traveling through the U.S. he saw how the Americans fought for their rights to freedom and saw how happy there were that now they have it. He wanted this for his own country and all of South America.
Bolivar dream was to create a united nation with all places in South America called the "Gran Colombia". The only way he knew it was possible was through getting South Americas freedom. So he fought and got freedom for the countries in South America.
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