*BIOGRAPHY*

Bernardo O’Higgins

Francisco de Miranda

BERNARDO O’HIGGINS WAS BORN

OUT OF WEDLOCK ON AUGGUST 20,

1778. HE GREW UP WITH HIS MOTHER

AND NEVER WAS ABLE TO KNOW HIS

FATHER.O’ HIGGINS MET HIS FATHER

ONLY ONE TIME BUT HAD NO IDEA

WHO HE WAS. AS A YOUNG BOY

HIGGINS MOVED TO ENGLAND WITH

HIS MOTHER, BUT O’HIGGINS FATHER

SENT HIM MONEY TO LIVE AND ALSO

HAVE THE OPPROTUNITY TO BE

TUTORED BY THE RENOWNED

VENEZUELAN REVOLUTIONARY

FRANCISCO de MIRANDA.

Juan Martinez de Rozas

CHILE WAS IN A FIGHT TO GAIN

INDEPENDENCE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.

O’HIGGINS REALIZED THE STRONG

CONTROVERSITY AND A POSSIBLE WAR

STARTING HE IMMEDIATELY STEPPED UP TO

THE PLATE. HE RALLIED UP TWO CAVALRY

REGIMENT AND ALSO MANY SOLDIERS.

ALL OF THE SOLDEIRS WERE FROM THE

FAMILIES THAT WORKED ON O’HIGGINS

LAND. JUAN MARTINEZ de ROZAS WAS THE

PRESIDENT OF CHILE AND O’HIGGINS WAS

A SUPPORTER OF ROZAS. BUT ROZAS WAS

CAUGHT FOR SENDING MONEY AND

VALUABLE SOLDIERS TO ARGENTINA TO HELP

THEM FIGHT FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE. ROZAS

EVENTUALLY STEPPED DOWN AND A SMALL

GROUP OF RULERS TOOK OVER CHILE.

El Roble

THE SMALL GROUP OF LEADERS WAS

SOON TAKEN OVER BY AN ARISTIOCRAT

NAMED JOSE MIGUEL CARRERA. CARRERA

LABELED HIMSELF AS A SOLDIER IN THE

SPANISH ARMY, HE WAS OPPOSITE OF

O’HIGGINS WHICH THEY THOUGHT

MADE THEM GOOD PARTNERS.

O’HIGGINS, CARRERA, AND THEIR MEN

WERE AMBUSHED AT AN ESTABLISHMENT

CALLED EL ROBLE. LIKE A COWARD

CARRERA ESCAPED THE BATTLE FIELD,

O’HIGGINS DID NOT. O’HIGGINS STAYED

AND FOUGHT EVEN WITH A GUN SHOT

IN HIS LEG. AFTER THE BATTLE, O’HIGGINS

WAS DECLARED NOT ONLY THE NEW

COMMANDER IN THE ARMY BUT ALSO

AS A HERO.

Battle of Rancagua

THE SPANISH GENERAL MARIANO

OSORIO WAS FORCING A HUGE

GROUP OF ROYALIST INTO POSITION TO

END THE REBELLION OF CHILE GAINING

INDEPENDENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1814.

JOSE MIGUEL WAS TRAPPED IN THE

CITY OF RANCAGUA WITH THE BATTLE

GOING ON AND HAD NO WAY OUT.

EVEN THOUGH O’HIGGINS WAS

OUT NUMBERED HE RISKED HIS AND HIS

ARMYS LIFE TO SAVE JOSE MIGUEL EVEN

WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH HIS

BROTHER. GIVEN THE OBVIOUS OF

BEING OUT NUMBERED, O’HIGGINS AND

HIS ARMY BRUTALLY LOST AGAINST THE

SPANISH ROYALIST. O’HIGGINS NEW HE

DID ALL THAT HE COULD DO FOR CHILE.

Bernardo O’Higgins

BERNARDO O’HIGGINS WAS NOT YOUR

COMMON COMMANDER. HE WAS SHY,

SUPPORTED THE KING, HIS FATHER NEVER

GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO HAVE A

RELATIONSHIP, AND HE WAS NOT WELL

GROOMED LIKE OTHER COMMANDERS.

O’HIGGINS IS EXTREMELY RESPECTED TO

THIS DAY. IN CHILE THERE IS A

MONUMENT CALLED ”THE ALTER OF

FATHERLAND” , A CITY AND STREETS

NAMED AFTER HIM ALSO. O’HIGGINS

FAILURES WERE FORGOTTEN ONLY HIS

VICTORY WAS REMEMBERED.

• REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT BERNARDO

O’HIGGINS.

• HIS LIFE WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND

TAUGHT MANY GOOD LIFE LESSONS!!!