May Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/may-revolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was May Revolution built?Primera Junta (First Junta), a local government
2. What is the location of key events?Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
3. What is the period of revolutionary activity?May 18-25, 1810
4. What was the May Revolution in Argentina?The May Revolution was a week of events in 1810 that started a new government in Buenos Aires, beginning Argentina's journey to become its own country.
5. Why did the people in Buenos Aires want a new government in 1810?They saw that the Spanish king was gone and that the Spanish government was broken, so they decided they could make their own rules instead of following a ruler who no longer existed.

Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata: A vast administrative division of the Spanish Empire in South America, encompassing territories of modern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Criollo Elite: The social class of people of pure Spanish descent born in the Americas, who increasingly sought political power.
Open Cabildo: A special, extraordinary assembly of prominent citizens convened to address critical public matters, often challenging existing authority.
Popular Sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.