Liga Federal

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Liga Federal was a federalist political and military alliance of provinces in the early 19th-century Río de la Plata region that sought regional autonomy and influenced the formation of modern Uruguay and neighboring states.

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instanceOf federalist political and military alliance
historical political organization
inter-provincial league
alsoKnownAs League of the Free Peoples
Federal League of the Peoples Free
surface form: Liga de los Pueblos Libres
appliesToJurisdiction Banda Oriental
Corrientes Province
Córdoba Province
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos and Corrientes Provinces
Misiones Province
Santa Fe Province
basedOn decentralized confederation of provinces
principle of sovereignty of the peoples
country United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
dissolvedAfter Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
defeat and exile of José Gervasio Artigas
endTime circa 1820
foundedBy José Gervasio Artigas
hasGoal federal reorganization of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
regional autonomy for member provinces
hasIdeology federalism
provincial autonomy
republicanism
hasMilitaryRole coordinated provincial militias
fought centralist forces aligned with Buenos Aires
resisted Portuguese-Brazilian forces in the Banda Oriental
hasPart provincial cabildos and local authorities aligned with Artigas
hasPoliticalProgram Artigas’ Instrucciones del Año XIII principles
historicalPeriod early 19th century
influenced Uruguayan national identity
formation of modern Uruguay
later Argentine federalist caudillos
regional federalist movements in the Río de la Plata
language Spanish
leader José Gervasio Artigas
locatedInTime post-colonial transition after the fall of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
opposedTo Buenos Aires centralism
unitarianism in the Río de la Plata
partOf independence process of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
politicalPosition federalist
region Río de la Plata
significantEvent consolidation under Artigas’ leadership around 1815
significantPlace Banda Oriental
surface form: Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay)

Corrientes
Entre Ríos
Santa Fe
startTime 1814

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