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Argentine Independence
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⟶ Atualizado 6 dez 2017 ⟶
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Spanish explorers first make contact with native Argentines. -Spanish explorer Juan de Solís -Natives hostile towards Europeans -Explorers often landed on Argentina, but knew not to stay for very long
Buenos Aires is founded. -Founded by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza -Initially known as Santa María del Buen Aire -Spanish continued to migrate into Argentina over the next several decades
Buenos Aires becomes known for illegal trading and smuggling. -Drugs smuggled to and from South America and the Carribean -Illegal trading funded by enemies of Spain such as Great Britain. -Spanish forced to tighten control over Argentina and South America
The Río de la Plata is officially annexed by Spain. -Spain officially forms a colony consisting of modern-day Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay -Buenos Aires is made the capital and grows significantly -Other European nations take interest in Buenos Aires
The British attack Buenos Aires. -Spanish resources were scarce because of fighting against Napoleon's France -Spain did not help defend Buenos Aires -Lack of Spanish help undermined Argentine trust and approval of Spanish rule
Napoleon defeats Spain and installs his brother Joseph as king. -Spanish attempt to censor this news from their colonies -News of Spain's defeat reaches South America on May 13, 1810
Buenos Aires forms an independent government. -After hearing that the Spanish government had been replaced, the public no longer supports Spanish rule -A governing council is formed -This was meant to show solidarity with former Spanish king Ferdinand VII, rather than defiance
King Ferdinand VII is reinstated. -Several South American had already declared independence from Spain -The Argentine public had grown accustomed to self-rule, and did not want to return to Spanish rule
Argentina formally declares independence. -The newly formed Argentinian government meet in the city of Tucumán in northern Argentina - Member nations of the Rio de la Plata, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia, declare independence
South American independence movements continue. -Spain and Argentina fight in the Argentine War of Independence -The Río de la Plata also assisted Peru in their own fight against Spanish rule