Argentina revolution

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2Argentinas Revolution

By: Hannah, Sloane, and Katja

3Cause of RevolutionArgentina's revolution, also called the May Revolution, started May 18th and ended the May 25th 1810 in Buenos Aires. It all started when Napoleon took the throne away from the king.

4And then, he put his brother Joseph on the throne.The people of Spain did not like Joseph!They nicknamed him Pepe Botella or Bottle Joe because he was always drunkThe New Ruler

5Uh-Oh! Someone told! Spain tried to keep quiet about their conquering to their colonies.

But somebody told! A British Frigate came and confirmed the rumors about Spain.

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THE PEOPLE WERE MAD6

Viceroy Balthasar Hidalgo de Cisneros de la Torre tried to keep the peole calm.7

8The Revolution Part Then on May 18th, some citizens went to him and demanded a city council

Cisneros to stall, But the group would NOT be ignored.

Then on May 20th he tried to get backup with the Spanish military. They denied him and told him to go with the city council.

The first meeting was help May 20th

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9The Junta At the meeting they organized a provisional ruling junta (who-t-na)

The junta consisted of Cisneros, Juan Jose Castelli, and commander Cornelio Saavedra

But the people didnt like Cisneros, so they said bye-bye to him.

They then created a new junta, Saavedra was president

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10But then . . . . The May revolution started the path of independence for Argentina

When the King was restored Argentina decided they had had enough of a monarchy

So they declared their independence onJuly 9,1816Spain was not able to take over Argentina again :)

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1111THE END!