First Government Junta of Chile

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The First Government Junta of Chile was the provisional governing body established in Santiago on September 18, 1810, marking the beginning of Chile’s process of independence from Spanish colonial rule.

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instanceOf governing council
historical government body
provisional government
alsoKnownAs Primera Junta Nacional de Gobierno de Chile
Primera Junta de Gobierno
capital Santiago
claimedAllegianceTo Ferdinand VII of Spain
commemoratedBy Chilean Independence Day
linked to: Fiestas Patrias
commemoratedOn September 18
country Chile
dissolvedOn 1811-07-04
endDate 1811-07-04
establishedOn 1810-09-18
followedBy Second Government Junta of Chile
headOfState Mateo de Toro y Zambrano
historicalEra Age of Revolution
early 19th century
introducedInstitution national congress elections in Chile
language Spanish
legalBasis open cabildo of Santiago on 18 September 1810
locatedIn Captaincy General of Chile
Santiago
Spanish Empire
member Fernando Márquez de la Plata
Francisco Javier de Reina
Francisco Javier de la Lastra
Gaspar Marín
Hipólito de Villegas
Ignacio de la Carrera
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate
José Gregorio Argomedo
José Miguel Infante
Juan Enrique Rosales
Juan Martínez de Rozas
Manuel de Salas
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano
partOf Chilean War of Independence
Spanish American wars of independence
politicalOrientation autonomist
politicalStatus nominally loyal to King Ferdinand VII of Spain
precededBy colonial administration of the Captaincy General of Chile
president Mateo de Toro y Zambrano
purpose defense of the kingdom and preservation of order
self-government in absence of legitimate Spanish monarch
religion Roman Catholicism
significance first autonomous government in Chile
marked the beginning of Chilean independence process
startDate 1810-09-18
triggeredBy Napoleonic invasion of Spain
linked to: Napoleonic Wars

crisis of the Spanish monarchy
vicePresident José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate

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Fiestas Patrias commemorates First Government Junta of Chile
First Government Junta of Chile alsoKnownAs Primera Junta Nacional de Gobierno de Chile
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Chilean War of Independence significantEvent First National Government Junta of Chile
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Second Government Junta of Chile followed First Government Junta of Chile
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano positionHeld President of the First Government Junta of Chile
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Mateo de Toro y Zambrano participantIn First Government Junta of Chile
Juan Enrique Rosales memberOf First Government Junta of Chile
Francisco Javier de Reina memberOf First Government Junta of Chile
Francisco Javier de Reina significantEvent Establishment of the First Government Junta of Chile
linked to: First Government Junta of Chile
Gaspar Marín memberOf First Government Junta of Chile
Patria Vieja hasKeyEvent First National Government Junta of Chile
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Patria Vieja hasInstitution First National Government Junta of Chile
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Chilean Declaration of Independence governmentBodyProclaiming Chilean provisional government
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Cabildo abierto de Santiago de 1810 relatedEvent Primera Junta de Gobierno de Chile
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Cabildo abierto de Santiago de 1810 followedBy Primera Junta de Gobierno de Chile
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Supreme Director of Chile positionHeldBy Junta de Gobierno de Chile
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Supreme Director of Chile replaces President of the First National Government Junta of Chile
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History of Chile importantEvent First National Government Junta of Chile
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