History

3. Popular nickname of Eva Perón, an important Argentine political figure.
7. Argentine president, educator and writer who promoted public education.
11. Islands claimed by Argentina and the United Kingdom and the site of a 1982 war.
12. Battle in 1852 that led to the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas.
13. Fundamental law approved in 1853 that established the organization of Argentina.
15. Argentine president, historian and founder of the newspaper La Nación.
17. Director of the United Provinces during the early years of independence.
18. Argentine military leader who helped liberate Argentina, Chile and Peru.
20. Military leader who commanded Argentine forces during the wars of independence.
22. The event that began the process of independence from Spanish rule.
23. Argentine city where the national flag was first raised.
24. Argentina's first president under the title of President of the United Provinces.

1. Argentine thinker who wrote the Bases for the organization of the country.
2. Argentine military leader who defended the northern border during the wars of independence.
4. Argentine general and creator of the national flag.
5. Argentine military leader and politician during the independence period.
6. Colonial building in Buenos Aires associated with the May Revolution.
8. The declaration made on July 9, 1816.
9. The month in which the May Revolution took place in 1810.
10. Argentine province where independence was declared.
14. Argentine leader who defeated Rosas at the Battle of Caseros.
16. Argentine president who founded the political movement known as Peronism.
19. President of the First Junta formed in Buenos Aires in 1810.
20. Capital city and political center of Argentina.
21. Powerful Buenos Aires governor who dominated Argentine politics in the 1830s and 1840s.