The Emancipation of South America

CHAPTER VII.

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THE CHILENO-ARGENTINE REVOLUTION.

1810--1811.

Chilian and Argentine Society compared--Martinez Rozas--Popular Excitement--Loss of Power by Governor Carrasco--The South of Chile--O’Higgins--Deposition of Carrasco--Establishment of a Junta--Resemblances of the Two Revolutions--Argentine-Chilian Alliance--Freedom of Commerce--Mutiny in Santiago--Installation of the First General Congress--Defeat of the Radicals--Rozas at Conception.....80