Simón Bolívar - VI: All Good Things - Extra History
Added 2016-12-23 11:10:58 +0000 UTCIllness plagued Simón Bolívar. Evil rumors dogged him. Yet he held fast to his dream of a united South American federation.
We're taking a year-end break after this episode, but we'll be back with Lies in January!
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Excelsius
2017-01-13 11:28:16 +0000 UTCBill Lemmond
2017-01-13 02:51:55 +0000 UTCFor Patreons who get to suggest topics, I have an idea: The Luxembourg Crisis <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Crisis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_Crisis</a>
Labrynian Rebel
2017-01-01 16:33:11 +0000 UTCthis was my first donation :D
Teagan Broadhead
2016-12-30 07:07:52 +0000 UTClol should we call dan daddy dan like daddy derrick loll
Teagan Broadhead
2016-12-30 06:52:02 +0000 UTCDAMN YOU, WALPOLE ~ you were supposed to have been Dead for almost a Century [more specifically since March 1745] by Bolivar's Day!
Martin Verran
2016-12-25 00:40:04 +0000 UTCHe accomplished the goal of liberating so many people, it's too bad fighting for people is a lot easier than getting them to work together. I've just listened to Hamilton & Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote a really great concept album. As a testament to his command of the written word he essentially created the world's most popular history lesson. I learned so much about Alexander Hamilton from little things like how he went to King's College, his involvement in the revolutionary war, writting the ferderlist papers almost single handedly & big revelations like his scandalous affair. You really got the sense of someone who wanted a free nation and he could have actually become president if he hadn't crossed the line (Side note I don't know if it's just me but Thomas Jefferson sounds like a complete jerk & no amount of research will sway me - don't get me started in Aaron Burr) Hamilton is like Extra History in that it uses a very creative medium to make the characters stick in our heads & I'd like to see more artistic endeavours which further education in some way
Film Vagabond
2016-12-24 02:18:40 +0000 UTCHow Unfortunate, he gave everything to chase his dream, and he ultimately failed , BUT that is far more than most people can claim with their lives, and his influence has and will live on throughout history.. Can We put him in the EH Hall of Fame with Walpole?
Michael William Hamilton II
2016-12-24 00:43:36 +0000 UTCSuch a sad story for somebody who tried so hard
Hannah the Seal
2016-12-23 22:30:56 +0000 UTCRevolutions never turn out the way you want.
Michael Jebbett
2016-12-23 21:17:46 +0000 UTCAn interesting start to our coverage of South America on Extra History, I hope! Wonder what the next one will be.
Extra History
2016-12-23 21:08:03 +0000 UTCWorth waiting for? :)
Extra History
2016-12-23 21:06:18 +0000 UTCI wouldn't say everything. He did liberate multiple countries in South America, and while his legacy is complicated, he undoubtedly changed the course of history by doing so. It's more like he didn't achieve everything that he set out to achieve (continental federation, lasting government institutions, etc)... but I don't suppose any of us get to achieve 100% of our goals in life.
Extra History
2016-12-23 21:06:02 +0000 UTCPerhaps a story for another day - or a topic for research!
Extra History
2016-12-23 21:04:30 +0000 UTCthers wallpole.
schuyler
2016-12-23 20:51:06 +0000 UTCAnd so does the life of Símon Bolivar end, his legacy of Liberty for South America intermingled with chaos.
Hasan Mahmood
2016-12-23 17:29:57 +0000 UTCIt's sad knowing everything you worked so hard to achieve would just wisp away in the wind by the time you die.
Curtis Fric
2016-12-23 14:57:36 +0000 UTCI kind of want to know what happened after Simon's death.
Bright Ops
2016-12-23 14:33:50 +0000 UTC
