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Birth
Juan de San Martin and Gregoria Matorras became parents of Jose de San Martin. He was born in Argentina. Jose had one sister named Maria Elena de San Martin and three brothers. Their names were, Justo Rufino de San Martin, Juan Fermin de San Martin, and Manuel Tadeo de San Martin. -
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School
He went to school at Seminary of Nobles. It was a school in Madrid. Later, he left the school to start his military career. -
Army
Jose de San Martin joined the army. He served as a cadet. He was only eleven years old when he joined. -
Fighting Against the British
Later in his life, he for the Spanish navy. While he was in the navy, he fought the British many times. He was only nineteen when he fought. -
Steping Aside
San Martin and Bolivar met up in Guayaquil to see what they should do about having to chase the Spanish out of the north. Both men instantly did not get along. Jose de San Martin had to step aside and let Bolivar be the one to win the battle, Bolivar would never had let San Martin take his place. -
Switched Sides
Jose de San Martin was allowed to join the Argentine army. He fought a small Spanish force that had been messing up things around the Parana River. They won the battle and it became one of the first victories for the Argentines against the Spanish. -
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Walking Far
The army started their journey. They had to cross the Andes mountain to get to the battle sight to fight the Spanish. The battle in February was called the battle of Chacabuco and Jose de San Martin won. -
The Last Battle
The battle of Maipu was the last battle. Jose thought that Argentina and Chile should be completely free. The patriots won against the Spanish. Spain would never be such a big threat again -
Helping to Give Peru Independence
This was a day where Peru got to claim their independence. San Martin was considered the ¨Protector of Peru,¨ because of everything he did to help. He helped free their slaves, stabilize the economy, and giving freedom to Peruvian Indians. -
Moving
San Martin left Peru earlier and had gone to Chile.
Later, he found out that his wife, María de los Remedios de Escalada, was sick and he had to hurry home to Argentina to see her, but she died before he got to her. He decided that he and his daughter would be better off somewhere else so he took her to France. -
Death
Jose de San Martin died. It was because of natural causes like old age. Boulogne-sur-Mer, France ended up being the place he died in.
