French blockade of the Río de la Plata

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The French blockade of the Río de la Plata was a 19th-century naval intervention by France against the Argentine Confederation that disrupted regional trade and intensified internal political conflicts during the Argentine Civil Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military intervention ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
belligerent Juan Manuel de Rosas government ⓘ
conflictType international military intervention ⓘ
naval conflict ⓘ
conflictWith Argentine federalist forces ⓘ
countryInvolved Argentine Confederation ⓘ
France ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
diplomaticOutcome recognition of certain French demands without regime change in Buenos Aires ⓘ
signing of a treaty between France and the Argentine Confederation ⓘ
effect disruption of regional trade ⓘ
economic hardship in Buenos Aires and surrounding regions ⓘ
intensification of internal political conflicts in the Argentine Confederation ⓘ
strengthening of Juan Manuel de Rosas domestic position ⓘ
endTime 1840 ⓘ
hasCause French demands for diplomatic and commercial privileges ⓘ
French support for opposition to Juan Manuel de Rosas ⓘ
disputes over treatment of French citizens in Argentina ⓘ
historicalContext Argentine Civil Wars ⓘ
French interventionism in Latin America ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
location Argentine Confederation ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
Río de la Plata ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
objective to force political concessions from the Argentine Confederation ⓘ
to secure better conditions for French nationals in the region ⓘ
to weaken the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas ⓘ
opponentOf Juan Manuel de Rosas ⓘ
opposedBy Argentine federalist government of Buenos Aires ⓘ
Juan Manuel de Rosas ⓘ
partOf Argentine Civil Wars ⓘ
relatedTo British–French blockade of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
Uruguayan Civil War ⓘ
result French withdrawal ⓘ
limited political concessions by the Argentine Confederation ⓘ
restoration of normal trade in the Río de la Plata ⓘ
startTime 1838 ⓘ
supportedBy opponents of Rosas in Uruguay ⓘ
some Argentine unitarios exiles ⓘ
usedTactic control of maritime access to the Río de la Plata ⓘ
naval blockade of Buenos Aires port ⓘ
seizure of merchant vessels ⓘ

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Argentine Civil Wars → hasPart → French blockade of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
Argentine Civil Wars → hasPart → Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
linked to: French blockade of the Río de la Plata
Carlos María de Alvear → participatedIn → French blockade of the Río de la Plata ⓘ