Bolivar: American Liberator by Marie Arana | Book Club

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Pages to read: 464
ISBN: 9781439110201 (Originally listed edition, & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What military experience did Bolívar have when beginning Bolívar’s military adventure?
•Why was Bolívar compared to George Washington?
•How much wealth did the family of Bolívar have in 1783?
•Why was Hipólita chosen to be the nursemaid to Bolívar?
•How did Hipólita effect Bolívar?
•How did Charles V effect Latin America?
•What did Simón de Bolívar do? (Simón de Bolívar, ancestor to Simón Bolívar in the 16th century.)
•What did the Spanish monarchy of the 16th century think of slavery?
•What was the psychology of superiority in race of the people?
•Why were African people brought to Latin America?
•What were the Native Indians supposed to purchase under the repartimiento laws?
•Where the family of Bolívar part of the nobility?
•Who was Don Juan Vincente?
•Who was María De La Concepción Palacios y Blanco?
•What restrictions did the Spanish Bourbon regime impose on colonies circa 1776?
•Who was José Miguel Sanz and how did Sanz effect Bolívar?
•How was Bolívar behavior as a child?
•How did the Palacios family effect Bolívar?
•How did the Spanish try to control the colonies after 1767?
•What did Spain use the money (gold and silver) obtained for the colonies on?
•Who was Simón Rodríguez and how did effect Bolívar?
•How did the British effect Spain?
•What was the King Carlos IV status in Spain?
•Who was Godoy?
•Who was María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro?
•How did Napoleon influence Bolívar?
•How did Humboldt think that Spain kept its colonies?
•What did Bolívar learn during the visit to the United States?
•How did Napoleon conquer Spain?
•Who was Miranda and how did Miranda affect Latin America?
•How did an earthquake in Caracas effect the revolution?
•Why did Miranda become a Generalísimo?
•What happened to Puerto Cabello?
•Who is Iturbe and how did Iturbe effect Bolívar?
•What happened to Bolívar’s property after the 1809 revolution?
•What did Bolívar do after arriving in Barranca?
•What did people think of liberating people from different lands.
•Why did Bolívar initiate a war to the death, and what were the consequences?
•How did Bolívar earn the titles of Dictator and Liberator?
•Who is Pepita?
•Who are the llaneros?
•What caused the fall of the second republic?
•How did Bolívar treat prisoners?
•What happened with Ribas?
•What did Boves do?
•Why did Bolívar go to Haiti?
•How did warlords control Venezuela?
•What happened to Piar?
•How did Bolívar use the press?
•What did Bolívar think of a Latin America as a Federation?
•Who was O’Leary?
•What did Bolívar think of politicians?
•How much income did Bolívar make leading the revolution?
•Who is Sucre?
•Who is Manuela Sáenz?
•What did the Peru population think of the revolution?
•Who was Santander?
•What kind of political system did Bolívar want, and how did people respond?
•What caused the fall of Bolívar?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.