What is Argentine Declaration of Independence?
[[Image:Acta Independencia argentina quechua.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Declaration of Independence of the [[United Provinces of South America]], in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Quechua language|Quechua]]]] What today is commonly called the '''Independence of [[Argentina]]''' was made on July 9, 1816. It was done by the [[Congress of Tucumán|Congress]] of [[San Miguel de Tucumán|Tucumán]]. In reality, the congressmen that were together in [[Tucumán, Argentina|Tucumán]] declared the independence of the [[United Provinces of South America]]. This is still today one of the legal names of the Argentine Republic. The [[Liga Federal|Federal League]] Provinces,<ref>The Argentine ''Littoral'' provinces [[Santa Fe Province|Santa Fé]], [[Entre Ríos Province|Entre Ríos]] and [[Corrientes Province|Corrientes]], along with the [[Banda Oriental|Eastern Province]] (present-day[[Uruguay]])</ref> were at [[Argentine Civil War|war]] with the United Provinces. They were not allowed into the [[Congress of Tucumán|Congress]]. Many provinces from [[Upper Peru]] were at the Congress. [[Image:Independencia Argentina.JPG|200px|left|thumb|Allegory of the Declaration of Independence, by [[Luis de Servi]].]] Independence began with the 1810 [[May Revolution]]. ==Signatories of the declaration== *[[Francisco Narciso de Laprida]], Deputy for [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan]], President *[[Mariano Boedo]], Deputy for [[Salta Province|Salta]], Vice-president *[[José Mariano Serrano]], Deputy for [[Charcas]] (present-day [[Bolivia]]), Secretary *[[Juan José Paso]], Deputy for [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]], Secretary *Dr. [[Antonio Sáenz]], Deputy for [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]] *Dr. [[José Darragueira]], Deputy for [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]] *Friar [[Cayetano José Rodríguez]], Deputy for [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]] *Dr. [[Pedro Medrano]], Deputy for [[Buenos Aires Province|Buenos Aires]] *Dr. [[Manuel Antonio Acevedo]], Deputy for [[Catamarca Province|Catamarca]] *Dr. [[José Igna