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Simón Bolívar - II: Francisco de Miranda - Extra History (Patreon)

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2016-11-25 15:56:37
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Simón Bolívar jumps at a grand opportunity to advocate Venezuelan independence... and faceplants miserably.

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Simón Bolívar - II: Francisco de Miranda - Extra History

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 Venezuelan independence, but he stumbled from lack of experience. A man named Francisco de Miranda took control instead. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

Comments

Dani McKenzie
>>3113125

When my family moved from New York to California in the early 1930's to find work, they were looking for the San Joe-key-um Valley. :-)

Julia Augusta

I hope you guys do something with Francisco de Miranda either in a bonus episode or in Lies, because his life is WAY too interesting not to.

Michael Jebbett

Independence for rich whites, by rich whites. I'm sensing a pattern here...

Julia Augusta
>>3114206

The Haitian Revolution sort of starts out that way, too. Let's just say things change.

Katarzyna JJ

Awe, so much of the First Republic's history was glossed over, understandably of course, but it's still a little bit of a shame. No doubt you could've done a full 6 episodes on each of Venezuela's revolutions. For anyone interested in more of Bolivar in depth, I'd recommend Marie Arana's "Bolivar"

Herkles
>>3114490

Or Revolutions Podcast which is covering just this topic :)

Timothy McLean

Can't you Patrons decide how "junta" is supposed to be pronounced before complaining about how Dan pronounced it? J, Ch, H?

Jim McGeehin

Well, to be fair to Miranda, during the collapse of his campaign he was appointed as a dictator, so he did have broad-reaching governmental powers. Miranda's campaign was poorly led and his army suffered from that bane of many young revolutionary armies, lack of money. The primary export of Venezuela was cocoa, but without markets in Spain, revenue dried up significantly, which disproportionately fell on the lower classes, and eroded popular support. Touching back on a previous Extra History topic, the Republic printing paper money which they overprinted, devaluing the currency so much it was nigh-on worthless. With support fading and victory inevitable for the Spanish, provinces outright switched sides and Caracas was barely able to defend itself. So remember, if you're a revolutionary, you'd better find a way to maintain cash inflow before you start your war. That earthquake fell on a religious holiday too, so there was plenty of devastation as well as further belief that it was a symbol of divine wrath, and some military officers and clergy officials saw it as a sign to plot against the First Republic, if not defect entirely.

Alex Kyriacou

I'm so happy that we're seeing Latin America Extra History. If you guys are doing a one-off bonus episode might I suggest the attempted revolution in Peru by Tupac Amaru II (the last descendant of the Incan emperors). It's a fascinating and tragic story of an attempt to create a multi-racial republic in the Andes that was brutally suppressed by the Spanish. Or maybe an episode about the 'Quilombos' which were African-style kingdoms that were created deep in the interior of Brazil by run-away slaves, some of them became major players in the region, alternately allying and fighting with the Dutch, Portugese and with Indian tribes . Hope we get to see more of this fascinating region.