Second Triumvirate (Argentina)
Second Triumvirate Segundo Triunvirato | |
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Asamblea del Año XIII |
The Second Triumvirate (Spanish: Segundo Triunvirato) was the governing body of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina and Uruguay) that followed the First Triumvirate in 1812, shortly after the May Revolution, and lasted 2 years.
History
The second triumvirate was formed after the
Assembly of Year XIII, a popular request that the First Triumvirate had refused to follow.[1]
The Triumvirate began its functions on October 8, 1812.
The second triumvirate took measures against the members of the first triumvirate. Pueyrredón was exiled to San Luis, and Rivadavia was imprisoned and on trial. Chiclana was put on trial, found innocent, and then appointed as governor of Salta. Sarratea, under protection of the British diplomacy, did not face any reprisals.[2]
The main actions of the Triumvirate were:
- to establish a commission on December 4, 1812 for the creation of the Constitution of Argentina
- to issue a call for the Assembly of Year XIIIon January 31, 1813.
- to create the ) on November 14, 1813.
As the
Logia Lautaro
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Members
Second Triumvirate original members
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References
Bibliography
- Segreti, Carlos (1980). La aurora de la Independencia. Memorial de la Patria (in Spanish). Vol. Tomo II. Buenos Aires: Editorial La Bastilla.
- Ternavasio, Marcela (2007). Gobernar la Revolución (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Siglo Veintiuno.
- ISBN 978-950-581-779-5.