Actions
This government took actions of great transcendence. Some of which are:
- Declaration of the Freedom of Press.
- Approving of the Law of Individual Security.
- Creation of the Chamber of Appeals.
- Regulation of the Institution and Administration of Justice.
- Created en January 13, 1812 the Intendency of the Buenos Aires Province.
- Ordered Manuel Belgrano to lead troops to protect Rosario from naval attacks dispatched by Spaniards from Montevideo.
- Approved the use of the White and Cerulean Blue Insignia by the Army on February 18, 1812.
- On the same day ordered Belgrano to take charge of the Army of the North.
- Ordered Lieutenant Colonel José de San Martín the formation of a special cavalry corp which would be known as Granaderos a Caballo.
- Commission of Immigration: Founded on September 4, 1812 and constituted the first entablished entity to foment immigration and colonization of the territory (which wasn't clearly defined by the time). The Wars of Independence impeded its funcionality, but it was reactivated by Bernardino Rivadavia when in charge of the government of Buenos Aires, on 1824. Dissolved on August 20, 1830 by Juan Manuel de Rosas.
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