Question

Match each country with the leader of its independence movement.

Answer 1

The correct answer is the following.

The correct matches are:

Simon Bolívar - Venezuela.

Bernardo O’Higgins - Chile.

Dom Pedro - Brazil

José Maria Morelos - México.

Simon Bolivar is called the liberator in Venezuela. He is a much-venerated figure in Venezuela and some parts of South America for the role he played in the independence movement of Venezuela.

José Maria Morelos was a Mexican priest of Mexico's state of Michoacan. He is called the "server of the nation," and with priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, where key figures of the independence of México. Bernardo O’Higgins was a Chilean military officer thal was the leader of the independence of Chile forms the Spanish crown. Dom Pedro is considered to be the liberator of Brazil. He was a Portuguese man and the first ruler of the Brasil Empire.

Answer 2

Answer:

1- Simon Bolivar --- Venezuela

2- Bernardo O'Higgins --- Chile

3- Dom Pedro --- Brazil

4- Jose Maria Morelos --- Mexico

Explanation:

1- Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan military man and politician, founder of the republics of Gran Colombia (current Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador) and Bolivia. He was one of the most outstanding figures of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire. It helped to inspire and concretize decisively the independence of the current Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

2- Bernardo O'Higgins was a Chilean soldier and politician recognized as one of the "founding fathers of Chile" for his crucial participation in the process of independence from the Spanish Empire, both in the respective war and in the position of supreme director of Chile between 1817 and 1823.

3- Pedro I of Brazil and IV of Portugal was a Portuguese monarch who proclaimed the independence of Brazil and became the first emperor of Brazil and the first head of state of that country.

4- Jose Maria Morelos was a Mexican priest, military insurgent and patriot, who organized and was the architect of the second stage (1811-1815) of the Mexican War of Independence.