Congress of Tucumán
The Tucamán Congress was the representative assembly of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata , founded in 1816 and, as the name suggests, met for the first time in Tucumán . On July 9, 1816, he passed the declaration of independence for what was then the Spanish colony of Argentina . The venue, the "House of Independence", has been rebuilt and is now a museum and national monument.
Following the May Revolution of 1810, the viceroyalty on the Río de la Plata was replaced by the Primera Junta . On April 15, 1815, a revolution ended the mandate of Carlos María de Alvear and a general congress should be called. Delegates from all Argentine provinces, each representing 15,000 residents, were sent to the meetings, which began on March 24, 1816. The Congress met in the house of Francisca Bazán de Laguna in Tucumán. The chair rotated monthly and the discussions were endless. On July 9 of that year, the declaration of independence was finally adopted. The President of the Congress at the time was Francisco Narciso de Laprida . The Congress continued its work in Buenos Aires in 1817 , but had to disband in 1820 after the federalists achieved the abolition of central power by defeating the Unitarians in the Battle of Cepeda .
Signatory of the declaration
See also
Web links
- Explanation at Britannica
- Congress of Tucumán (Spanish)