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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolution and the Spanish American wars of independence.
He met Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan idealist and believer in independence, [6] and joined a Masonic Lodge established by Miranda, dedicated to achieving the independence of Latin America. [2] In 1798 O'Higgins went to Spain from Great Britain, his return to the Americas delayed by the French Revolutionary Wars.
The general Francisco de Miranda hero of French Revolution has long been associated with the struggle of the Spanish colonies in Latin America for independence. Miranda envisioned an independent empire consisting of all the territories that had been under Spanish and Portuguese rule, stretching from the Mississippi River to Cape Horn.
They attempted to seize Buenos Aires and Montevideo in 1806 and 1807, during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, but were eventually defeated by the Spanish army and the local militias. An addition to the plan was added by Home Riggs Popham with an attack on Venezuela at the behest of Francisco De Miranda. By 1808 they planned to put ...
José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins, members of the Lautaro Lodge, during the Crossing of the Andes, which would allow the consolidation of the independence of the new republics of the Southern Cone. The Lautaro Lodge (Spanish: Logia Lautaro) was a revolutionary secret lodge active in Latin American politics in the 19th century. [1]
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 individuals have served as president of the United States. [a] Of these, 15, [1] including Lyndon Johnson who took only the First Degree, are known to have been Freemasons, beginning with the nation's first president, George Washington, and most recently the 38th president, Gerald R. Ford.
Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan patriot, also attempted to stir up support for an American intervention against Spain, possibly with the help of the British. Rejecting Hamilton's ambitions for the seizure of Spanish territory, Adams refused to meet with Miranda, squashing the plot.
In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23] In March 2023, Quizlet started to incorporate AI features with the release "Q-Chat", a virtual AI tutor powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT API. [24] [25] [26] Quizlet launched four additional AI powered features in August 2023 to assist with student ...