Guayaquil Conference

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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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 summit?Guayaquil, Ecuador
2. What is the dates of conference?July 26–27, 1822
3. Who were the leaders at the conference?The leaders were Simón Bolívar, who had freed Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama, and José de San Martín, who had freed Peru and Chile.
4. When and where did the conference take place?It happened on July 26–27, 1822, in the city of Guayaquil, which had just declared its own independence from Spain.

Libertadores: The principal leaders, military and political, who spearheaded the independence movements in South America against Spanish rule.
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Gran Colombia: A short-lived state (1819–1831) founded by Simón Bolívar, encompassing much of northern South America and parts of Central America.