SPANISH 



AMERICA. 



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CHAPTER VII. 



CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY. 



bolivar's career EVENTS OF THE 



REVOLUTION. 



Previously to the declarations of inde- 

 pendence made by the confederation of Ve- 

 nezuela, considerable differences of opinion 

 prevailed amongst the leading men there, 

 as to the forms of constitution which it 

 would be most advisable to adopt. Gene- 

 ral Miranda, who landed there about the end 

 of 1810, had a plan of constitution which 

 differed materially from the federal one 

 adopted by the Congress ; and there was a 

 considerable party in the Congress itself. 



