ARGENTINA

DEFINITION

• My definition of a revolution is a usually violent attempt by multiple
• people to end the rule of one government and start a new one

BEFORE INDEPENDANCE

• Colonial ruler: spain
• Colonized: 16th century

COLONIZATION

• Spanish king declares that goods can not be transported to and from Peru via the port of Buenos Aires,
• so that the monarchy can control and tax all South American commerce from Seville.
• Spain's King organizes territories into Viceroyalty of Rio de La Plata with Buenos Aires as its capital.
• This territorial reorganization legalizes trade out of the port of Buenos Aires, increasing commerce wealth.

CAUSES OF REVOLUTION

• 1807: British attack buenos aires
• Napoleon Bonaparte invades Spain
• Joesph Bonaparte put in charge of Spain
• Argentina takes out British
• Gives people faith in themselves

KEY FIGURES

• Argentina: Manuel belgrano, Juan Jose castelli, Jose de San Martin
• Spain: Francisco Javier de Elio, Bernardo de velasco

TIMELINE

• 1776: Spain sets up viceroyalty
• Creoles kept down by pennisulares
• 1808: France overthrows Spain
• 1810: formed junta(assembly) in buenos aires
• Jose de San Martin

TIMELINE

• San martin crosses the Andes with an Argentinean force,
• and defeats the Spanish army in the Valley of Maipu.

AFTER INDEPENDENCE

• Leader: president Christian Fernandez de Kirchner
• Government: representative
• Language: Spanish
• Conditions: like America

MAJOR EVENTS

• 1930: military overthrows democracy
• 1983: democracy returns