University of Notre Dame
Home
  • Formats
  • Digital Projects
  • Exhibits
  • About Us
  • index.html">Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
    Return to River Plate Exhibit home.
    Precursors to Independence
    Early Independence
    Federalism vs. Unitarianism
    Rise of the Caudillos
    Juan Facundo Quiroga
    Rule of Rosas
    Critics of Rosas
    The Gauchos
    Biographies
    Related Links
    Acknowledgements

    Orden de esta Junta Superior. Buenos Aires: n.p. , February 10, 1811.

    Commentary:

    Issued nine months after the Buenos Aires cabildo’s statement of independence, this official publication outlines rules for provincial governance. Provisions are stated for elections, the number of seats on the provincial juntas, and provincial responsibilities for security. The signatories include Dean Funes.

    The document clearly shows that Buenos Aires viewed itself as the de facto national government. Of course, the provinces did not agree on this point.

    |  index  | next >


             

    University of Notre Dame
    Copyright © 2002

      Dept. of Special Collections
    University of Notre Dame
    102 Hesburgh Library
    Notre Dame, IN 46556
      Telephone: (574) 631-0290
    Fax: (574) 631-6308
    Contact Us