Federal League

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The Federal League was a regional political and military coalition in the early 19th-century Río de la Plata region, led by José Gervasio Artigas and composed of provinces opposing centralized control from Buenos Aires.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Federal League canonical 3
Federal League (Liga Federal) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federalist movement ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
political coalition ⓘ
aimedAt establishing a confederation of autonomous provinces ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Liga Federal ⓘ
Liga de los Pueblos Libres ⓘ
country United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
dissolvedAfter Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental ⓘ
defeat and exile of José Gervasio Artigas ⓘ
foundedBy José Gervasio Artigas ⓘ
governmentType loose confederation of provinces ⓘ
hasCapital Purificación ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Estanislao López ⓘ
Francisco Ramírez ⓘ
José Gervasio Artigas ⓘ
hasLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasMember Banda Oriental ⓘ
Province of Corrientes ⓘ
linked to: Corrientes Province

Province of Córdoba ⓘ
linked to: Córdoba Province

Province of Entre Ríos ⓘ
Province of La Rioja ⓘ
linked to: La Rioja Province

Province of Misiones ⓘ
linked to: Misiones Province

Province of Santa Fe ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalRegion Río de la Plata Basin ⓘ
linked to: La Plata Basin
historicalRole alternative federal project to Buenos Aires hegemony ⓘ
ideology federalism ⓘ
influenced Uruguayan political identity ⓘ
later Argentine federalism ⓘ
leader José Gervasio Artigas ⓘ
locatedIn Río de la Plata region ⓘ
South America ⓘ
namedAfter federal system of government ⓘ
opposedBy Buenos Aires central government ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
opposedTo Unitario centralist project in Buenos Aires ⓘ
centralized control from Buenos Aires ⓘ
partOfConflict struggle between federalists and centralists in the Río de la Plata ⓘ
politicalPosition federalist ⓘ
represented interior provinces of the Río de la Plata ⓘ
resultedIn temporary coordination of provincial militias ⓘ
sought decentralized political power ⓘ
provincial autonomy ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
usedSymbol Artigas flag ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tacuarembó → belligerent → Federal League ⓘ
Battle of Tacuarembó → relatedTo → Federal League (Liga Federal) ⓘ
linked to: Federal League