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Patriotic Awakening
In June 1806, Buenos Aires was attacked by a British fleet under the command
of Admiral Home Riggs Popham. The viceroy offered no defense against the
attack, which was made without authorization by the British government.
The invaders occupied the city but were expelled by a citizen army the following
August. An expeditionary force subsequently dispatched by the British government
against Buenos Aires was compelled to capitulate in 1807.
These events had far-reaching consequences: the colonial patriots, imbued
with confidence in their fighting ability, soon became active in the independence
movement that had begun to develop in Spanish South America. Revolutionary
sentiment in La Plata reached its peak in the period following the deposing
of King Ferdinand VII of Spain by Napoleon in 1808. The people of Buenos
Aires refused to recognize Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, who was
then installed on the Spanish throne. On May 25, 1810, they overthrew the
viceregal government and installed a provisional governing council in the
name of Ferdinand VII.
The provisional government shortly broke with the representatives of Ferdinand
and launched an energetic campaign to revolutionize the La Plata hinterland. This
campaign ended in failure. Several signal victories, however, were won over invading
royalist armies in 1812 and 1813. The liberated part of the viceroyalty was divided
into 14 provinces in 1813. In 1814 the brilliant military leader Jose de San Martin
took command of the northern army, which later struck decisive blows against Spanish
rule in Chile and Peru.
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