Argentine Confederation
| Argentine Confederation | ||||||||||||
| Confederación Argentina | ||||||||||||
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 Constitutional Argentine Confederation and independent State of Buenos Aires, 1858.
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| Capital |
none (1831-1852) Paraná (1853-1861) |
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| Languages | Spanish | |||||||||||
| Government | Loose Confederation of Provinces (1831-1853) Constitutional Federal Republic (1853-1861) |
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| Leadership | ||||||||||||
| • | 1835-1852 |
Juan Manuel de Rosas (Governor of Buenos Aires Province, in charge of the Foreign Relations of the Confederation) |
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| • | 1852-1860 |
Justo José de Urquiza (President of the Argentine Confederation, 1854-1860) |
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| • | 1860-1861 |
Santiago Derqui (President of the Argentine Confederation, 1860-1861) |
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| History | ||||||||||||
| • | Overthrown and execution of governor Manuel Dorrego | 1828 | ||||||||||
| • | Federal Pact | 4 January 1831 | ||||||||||
| • | French blockade of the Río de la Plata | 1838-1840 | ||||||||||
| • | Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata | 1845-1850 | ||||||||||
| • | Battle of Caseros | 3 February 1852 | ||||||||||
| • | Battle of Cepeda | 23 October 1859 | ||||||||||
| • | Battle of Pavón | 17 September, 1861 | ||||||||||
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The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Argentina) is one of the official names of Argentina according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the name of the country from 1831 to 1852, when the provinces were organized as a confederation without a head of state. The governor of Buenos Aires Province (Juan Manuel de Rosas during most of the period) managed foreign relations during this time. Under his rule, the Argentine Confederation resisted attacks by Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, France and Britain, as well other Argentine factions during the Argentine Civil Wars.
Rosas was ousted from power in 1852 by Justo José de Urquiza, after the battle of Caseros. Urquiza convened the 1853 Constituent Assembly to write a national constitution. Buenos Aires resisted Urquiza and seceded from the Confederation in 1852, becoming the State of Buenos Aires; the province would return to Argentina in 1861.
Modern Argentina is a small subset (approx. 1/3) of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a colony of Spain which also included present day Bolivia, Uruguay, part of Peru and most of Paraguay. Long after the independence, Argentina attacked and conquered large areas of indigenous land.
The May Revolution in Buenos Aires began the Argentine War of Independence, and the country was renamed the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. Modern Bolivia and Paraguay were lost during the conflict and became new states. Uruguay was invaded and annexed by Brazil in 1816, until the Thirty-Three Orientals led an insurrection to rejoin the United Provinces. This began the War of Brazil, ended with the Treaty of Montevideo that made Uruguay a new state.
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