Argentina+The+Port+and+the+Nation

Spain’s empire ---Mexico and silver is the “core” of it --- --Economy - Big influence…Pampas, or rolling plains, Rio de la Plata - Rio de la Plata gained independence in 1816, and split apart --- In Buenos Aires, liberals gained control --- Established education, finance, agriculture, and immigration reforms - In Mexico, reform movements from liberals such as freedom of religion created a bad reaction with the church and conservatives --- The liberals’ main sin was centralism A desire to create a strong national government Centralists are also known as Unitarians Provoked the federalists - Federalists Under Juan Manuel de Rosas’ control in 1831 Proved to be a cruel leader In 1852, he was defeated and this took him out of power Wanted a weak central government Favored the ranchers Exported a lot of salted meat -Profit made was not shared with other provinces ---A new constitution -In 1853, Juan Bautista Alberdi influenced this. -He was a journalist -By 1862, a new, unified nation was formed -Argentine Republic ---Domingo F. Sarmiento -1862 – 1890, president --- --created a lot of political reforms and economic movements --- --Admired the US and England --- --Contributed to Political stability, economic expansion (trade), population increase, etc --- --A sense of unity and pride was created through a war with Aregentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay (1865 – 1870) --- --Technology from US was spread to Latin America (railroad, telegraph, etc)

Questions: After increase of population, techonlogy, ect, how do you think the lower class/indians reacted? a) They were neutral about it and lived normally b) They were mad and fled to the carribean d) They were glad and looked at it as if they can make more friends
 * c) They were mad and most likley rovolted againts the changes**

How did Argetina's geographic features contribute to its uprising in pretty much everyway? a) They had very little land, however all of there land is full of crops. c) It was a small peice of land, however they had the shore for great use. d) It was a large peice of land used for everything, however they couldn't really trade due to the fact that they didnt have ocean around them.
 * b) It was right on shore so they can trade easily, and there is a great amount of land for people, crops, etc.**