Congress of Angostura

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location of congress?Angostura (present-day Ciudad Bolívar), Venezuela
2. What is the convening figure?Simón Bolívar
3. Who started the Congress of Angostura?Simón Bolívar, a famous independence leader, started the congress. He wanted to bring together different revolutionary groups into one powerful state.
4. When did the Congress of Angostura begin?It began on February 15, 1819, in the city of Angostura, which is now called Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela.

Wars of Independence: A series of conflicts fought by South American countries to gain freedom from Spanish colonial rule.
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