“The rules of a settled republic”. The aspirations of a political community in the borderline (Carmen de Patagones, 1781-1799).

Authors

  • Daiana Buono Pazos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/eishir.v12i33.1586

Keywords:

Carmen de Patagones, republic, petitions, frontier, Río de la Plata

Abstract

The origins of the population of Carmen de Patagones
go back to 1779, when the military plaza was created, and
then transformed into the military and political command’s
headquarters in 1785. Due to the singularity of its origin
and unlike other similar frontier areas, the population was
organized outside the castilian institutional model of territorial
communities endowed with town halls or “ayuntamientos”.
However, what sources reveal is that, within the framework
of particular local conditions, there were instances of political
participation of the settlers that took place in defense of group
interests, through petitions to the authorities of the Bourbon
monarchy. Through the available documentation held at the
National General Archive of Argentina, these instances are
analyzed as a way for the population to express themselves in
terms of a republic, examining, at the same time, some aspects that
account for it.

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Published

2022-08-31

How to Cite

Buono Pazos, D. (2022). “The rules of a settled republic”. The aspirations of a political community in the borderline (Carmen de Patagones, 1781-1799). Estudios Del ISHiR, 12(33). https://doi.org/10.35305/eishir.v12i33.1586