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"Every revolution was first a thought in one
man's mind."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age of Revolution
Leaders
Napoleon
Rising to power after
the chaos of the French Revolution; Napoleon became the most
powerful political and military leader of the 18th century.
His genius an influence can be felt in both modern Europe and
the United States.
Biography
Simon
Bolivar
Known as and the
"George Washington" of South America and El Liberator,
he is considered one of the continents greatest generals. He
successfully freed Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Panama,
Ecuador, and Peru from Spanish colonial rule.
Biography
José
de San Martín
José Francisco de San
Martín Matorras,
was an Argentine general who organized and led the wars of
independence from Spain in Southern South America.
Biography
Toussaint
L'Ouverture
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture ... was a leader of the
Haitian Revolution. Born a slave in Saint-Domingue,
in a long struggle for independence Toussaint led
enslaved Africans to victory over Europeans,
abolished slavery, and secured native control over
the
colony in 1797 while nominally governor of the
colony. He expelled the French commissioner
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax, as well as the British
armies; .... Source:
Wikipedia
