When Napoleon conquered Spain, the Spanish colonies no longer had a clear leader to follow. Bolívar seized on this opportunity to promote his dreams of . Find out how Venezuela, Bolivia, and other South American countries became free of Spanish rule thanks to the adventures of Simón Bolívar--with animations . Born to one of the wealthiest families in Venezuela, Simón Bolívar imbibed the ideals of revolution from a tutor who inspired him to travel to Europe as a young . The failure of his first attempted revolution in Venezuela only fanned the flames of Simón Bolívars determination to end Spanish reign over South America.
