2. 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.
Francisco de Miranda
3. 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.
Juan Martinez de Rozas
4. 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.
El Roble
5. 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.
Battle of Rancagua
6. 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.
Bernardo O’Higgins
7. • REALLY ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT BERNARDO
O’HIGGINS.
• HIS LIFE WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND
TAUGHT MANY GOOD LIFE LESSONS!!!
