Francisco de Miranda

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

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

https://smallwhale.org/articles/francisco-de-miranda

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. When was Francisco de Miranda born?March 28, 1750
2. Where was Francisco de Miranda born?Caracas, Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern-day Venezuela)
3. What is the death?July 14, 1816, in the La Carraca prison in Cádiz, Spain
4. Who was Francisco de Miranda?He was a soldier and thinker from Caracas who dreamed of a free South America. He fought in many wars and tried to bring together the countries of the continent.
5. What did Francisco de Miranda do in the American Revolutionary War?He fought against the British in Pensacola during the American Revolution. Seeing the fight for freedom there, he was inspired to help his own people.

Pan-Americanism: A political, social, and cultural movement advocating for the unity and cooperation of the Americas.
Enlightenment: An 18th-century intellectual and philosophical movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and liberty.
Capitulation: The act of surrendering or yielding, often under specific terms.