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Wikipedia: The May Revolution was a series of revolutionary political and social events that took place during the early nineteenth century in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a colony of the Spanish Crown which at the time contained the present-day nations of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The consequence of the revolution was that the head of the Viceroyalty, Viceroy Cisneros, was ousted from office, and role of government was assumed by the Primera Junta. The May Revolution was the starting point of the Argentine War of Independence, but without a formal declaration of independence.
![[Secret meeting of the revolutionaries at the house of Nicolás Rodríguez Peña]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Casa_de_Pe_C3_B1a_s.jpg "Secret meeting of the revolutionaries at the house of Nicolás Rodríguez Peña")
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![[Portrait of the Primera Junta.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Primera_Junta_s.jpg "Portrait of the Primera Junta.")
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![[Depiction of the events of May 25.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Revoluci_C3_B3n_de_Mayo_s.jpg "Depiction of the events of May 25.")
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![[Bartolomé Mitre wrote one of the first historical interpretations of the May Revolution]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BartolomeMitre002_s.jpg "Bartolomé Mitre wrote one of the first historical interpretations of the May Revolution")
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![[Claude Victor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Marechal_victor_s.jpg "Claude Victor")
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![[Invitation to the open cabildo of May 22nd.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Invitaci_C3_B3n_al_Cabildo_Abierto_s.jpg "Invitation to the open cabildo of May 22nd.")
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![[The coronation of Carlotte Joaquina was considered an alternative to revolution.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Carlota_Joaquina_por_Manuel_Ant_C3_B3nio_de_Castro_s.jpg "The coronation of Carlotte Joaquina was considered an alternative to revolution.")
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