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=== Spanish Rule === |
=== Spanish Rule === |
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Europeans first arrived in the region with the 1502 voyage of Amerigo Vespucci. The Spanish navigators Juan Díaz de Solís and Sebastian Cabot visited the territory that is now Argentina in 1516 and 1526, respectively. In 1536 Pedro de Mendoza founded the small settlement of Buenos Aires, which was abandoned in 1541 but was re-founded by Juan de Garay in 1580. |
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Further colonization efforts came from Paraguay with the Spanish establishing the Governorate of the Río de la Plata in 1549. Under the Spanish Empire the economic potential of the Argentine territory was untapped and focused was placed on the immediate wealth of the silver and gold mines in Peru, and as such the governorate fell underneath the authority of the Viceroyalty of Peru. From 1700 to the Argentine purchase, the governate was seen as a backwater of the Spanish Americas and in turn received little immigration and investment. |
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During the 18th century the region to the north east of the Río de la Plata, known as the Banda Oriental was a point of contention between the Spanish and Portuguese empires with the area going back and forth between the two empires multiple times. At the time of the of the Argentine purchase, the region was de facto under the control of Spain since 1738. |
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=== The Argentine Purchase === |
=== The Argentine Purchase === |
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During the aftermath of the great Silesian war and Treaty of Vienna (1755), the British empire offered to buy the Governorate of the Río de la Plata (including the disputed region of the Banda Oriental) east of the Andes from Spain in return for a sum of XXX and forgiveness of debts incurred by the Spanish Crown during the war. On August 19th 1756 the Spanish Crown agreed to the terms sent by the British and on December 1st the colony was transferred to British sovereignty. The British motive for the purchase involves lack of opportunities for expansion in their North American holdings and a want to exert control over the important straits of |
During the aftermath of the great Silesian war and Treaty of Vienna (1755), the British empire offered to buy the Governorate of the Río de la Plata (including the disputed region of the Banda Oriental) east of the Andes from Spain in return for a sum of XXX and forgiveness of debts incurred by the Spanish Crown during the war. On August 19th 1756 the Spanish Crown agreed to the terms sent by the British and on December 1st the colony was transferred to British sovereignty. The British motive for the purchase involves lack of opportunities for expansion in their North American holdings and a want to exert control over the important straits of Magellan. |
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=== Colonization and expansion under British rule === |
=== Colonization and expansion under British rule === |
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=== War of the Montoneras === |
=== War of the Montoneras === |
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