What was the result of the Rio de la Plata revolution?
In 1810 the Creoles created a provisional junta and exiled the viceroy to the Canary Islands, thereby ending the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and launching the independence movement.
What were the four Viceroyalties of Latin America?
The Spanish Americas had four viceroyalties:
- Viceroyalty of New Spain.
- Viceroyalty of Peru.
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
- Viceroyalty of New Granada.
Who conquered Rio de la Plata?
Twenty-five years later, the Criollos, native-born people of Spanish descent, successfully defended against two successive British attempts to conquer Buenos Aires and Montevideo….Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
| Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Virreinato del Río de la Plata | |
|---|---|
| King | |
| Viceroyalty | |
| History | |
| • Established | 1 August 1776 |
What groups were fighting in the Rio de la Plata revolution?
| Argentine War of Independence | |
|---|---|
| Patriots: United Provinces of the Río de la Plata Orientals Chile Republiquetas | Royalists Spanish Monarchy Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata Viceroyalty of Peru |
| Commanders and leaders |
What four South American countries made up the United Provinces of the Rio Plata that declared independence from Spain in 1816?
It comprised most of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata dependencies and had Buenos Aires as its capital….Bolivia
- Charcas.
- Cochabamba.
- Mizque.
- Chichas.
- Tarija.
Are there any viceroys?
Viceroy is a form of royal appointment rather than noble rank. An individual viceroy often also held a noble title, however, such as Bernardo de Gálvez, 1st Viscount of Galveston who was also Viceroy of New Spain.
How many viceroyalties were there?
four viceroyalties
Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish Virreinato de Nueva España, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World.
Who lost all their colonies in South America?
After three centuries of colonial rule, independence came rather suddenly to most of Spanish and Portuguese America. Between 1808 and 1826 all of Latin America except the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico slipped out of the hands of the Iberian powers who had ruled the region since the conquest.