Uruguayan War of Independence

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The Uruguayan War of Independence was the early 19th-century struggle in the Río de la Plata region that led to the emergence of Uruguay as a distinct political entity separate from Spanish and Brazilian control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military conflict
war of independence
aim political independence of the Banda Oriental
resistance to Brazilian annexation as Cisplatina Province
separation from Spanish control
belligerent Artiguist forces
Federal League
Oriental Province patriots
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
cause Portuguese-Brazilian expansion into the Río de la Plata
Spanish colonial rule in the Banda Oriental
concludedBy Treaty of Montevideo (1828)
conflictIn Río de la Plata region
South America
country Uruguay
endTime 1828
followedBy Uruguayan Civil War
surface form: Uruguayan Civil Wars
hasPart Cisplatine War
surface form: Brazilian occupation of the Cisplatina Province

Cisplatine War
Exodus of the Oriental People
surface form: Exodus of the Eastern People

Oriental Revolution
surface form: Oriental Revolution of 1811

Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
Siege of Montevideo (1807)
surface form: Siege of Montevideo

Treinta y Tres Orientales uprising
leader Fructuoso Rivera
José Gervasio Artigas
Juan Antonio Lavalleja
location Banda Oriental
Montevideo
Río de la Plata
surface form: Río de la Plata estuary

Banda Oriental
surface form: Uruguay River region
mediatedBy United Kingdom
opponent Empire of Brazil
Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
partOf Latin American independence movements
surface form: Latin American wars of independence

Latin American independence movements
surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
result creation of Uruguay as a separate political entity
independence of Uruguay
significantEvent Treaty of Montevideo (1828)
significantFigure Carlos Frederico Lecor
surface form: Carlos Federico Lecor

Fructuoso Rivera
José Gervasio Artigas
Juan Antonio Lavalleja
startTime 1811

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José Gervasio Artigas participantIn Uruguayan War of Independence
British invasions of the Río de la Plata influenced Uruguayan War of Independence
this entity surface form: Uruguayan independence movement
Exodus of the Oriental People temporalContext Uruguayan War of Independence
Exodus of the Oriental People partOf Uruguayan War of Independence
this entity surface form: Uruguayan independence process
José Gervasio conflict Uruguayan War of Independence
subject surface form: José Gervasio Artigas
Battle of Las Piedras relatedEvent Uruguayan War of Independence
Cisplatina Province historyOfTopic Uruguayan War of Independence