Argentine Confederation

Argentina, 1831–1861. Draft, not yet reviewed

The Argentine Confederation was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina. 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. Rosas was ousted from power in 1852 by Justo José de Urquiza, after the battle of Caseros.

Seat of power: Paraná

No rulers documented for this era yet.

Culture

• Under his rule, the Argentine Confederation engaged in conflicts with Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, France and the United Kingdom, as well as other Argentine factions during the Argentine Civil Wars.
• 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.

Picture

The Battle of Caseros was fought near the town of El Palomar, Argentina, on 3 February 1852, between forces of the Argentine Confederation, commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas, and a coalition consisting of the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay.

Image: Carlo Penuti, Public domain, file

Sources

• Argentine Confederation (Wikipedia)
• Argentine Confederation (Wikidata)
• About the picture (Wikipedia)

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