JOSE DE SAN MARTIN
Carlos Mantilla
Estefanny Ramirez
INDEX
Who was San Martin? Argentina
Ideals and Ideology Chileand Perú
Military Career Meeting in Guayaquil
Important Battles San Martin after
Timeline Independence
Collaborators
WHO WAS SAN
MARTIN?de San Martin was born in
José Francisco
Yapeyú February 25 1778. In 1781 his
family went to Buenos Aires. In 1784 went
to Spain. Between 1789 and 1811 he
started to become a military. In March 9
1812 he went to Buenos Aires to help the
government in the emancipation of
America. He died August 17, 1850 in
France.
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IDEOLOGY
San Martin thought that South America
should be freed form the control of Spain
and started a campaign that later became
the Independence of Argentina, Chile and
Peru.
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MILITARY CAREER
Formed Part of military campaigns in
Africa fighting the moors. (1791)
Fought the French in the Pyrenees around
the time of the first collision and San
Martin’s rank raised to sub-lieutenant
San martins rank raised to second captain
of light infantry due to victories in
southern Spain.
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San Martin became captain in 1804 after
the war against the Portuguese in the war
of the oranges
José de San Martin fought the peninsula
war and was named the captain of the
regimen of Bourbon due to his victories
against the French.
In the battle of Bailen, martins troops
allowed the army of Andalucía to take
control of Madrid and became lieutenant
colonel.
He later resigned form the Spanish army.
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IMPORTANT BATTLES San Chacabuco
On 1817
the battle of
Martin wins
that leave O’Higgins in
power.
On 1816 he does the
Crossing of the Andes and
made two groups. On 1817
two battles took place in
the Andes Battles of
Achupallas and Las Coimas.
It was extremely difficult
took 21 days because of the
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In 1818 the Spanish
army defeats him in
the battle of
Cancharrayada and
General O’Higgins was
wounded.
In April the
Argentinean-Chilean
army defeats the
Spanish in the battle
of Maipu. That led the
domination of Chile. Index!
TIMELINE
1812 San Martin helps the
Chile Revolt for
independence
1817(January)the campaign
of the Andes begins
1817(February) the where
named “The Army of the
Andes”
1817 Bernardo O'Higgins
defeats the Spanish in the
battle of Chacabuco Next!
1817(DAYS LATER) San
Martin arrives to the city
Santiago, Chile.
1817 (February 18) San
Martin was designated
Supreme Director but he
resigned that honor and
Bernardo O'Higgins was
elected for the position.
1818 a disembarked
realistic army form Peru,
advanced on the capital Next!
of Chile.
1818(March) Bernardo O'Higgins is
wounded in a surprise attack by the
Spanish in the battle of
Cancharrayada.
1818(April) Argentina united with
the Chilean army and defeat the
Spanish army in the battle of Maipu.
Spanish chance for conquering Chile
was finally crushed. Chile was now
independent
1820(August 20) Argentina-Chile
army sets sail to Peru.
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COLLABORATORS
Bernardo O'Higgins
( José de San Martin with
the help of Bernardo
O'Higgins made Chile
independent)
Simon Bolivar (met san
martin in Guayaquil,
Ecuador and helped him
in the Independence of
many South American
countries.
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Martin Miguel de
Guemes and Guillermo
Brown (helped san
martin in fights against
Peruvian loyalists.)
Juan Gregorio de Las
Heras ( helped san
martin and the army of
the Andes to make Chile
independent.)
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ARGENTINA AND CHILE
Independence for Argentina started in José de san
martins arrival in March 9, 1812.
San Martin planned the attack on Chile for three
years and trained troops for future combats.
Bernardo O'Higgins with the help of san martin
crossed the huge mountains of The Andes and
took Santiago, the capital of Chile form the
Spanish in 1818.
After victory, José de san martin was named king
of the Andes San Martin became governor of Cuyo
and signed the independence in 1816.
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CHILE AND PERÚ
San Martin with the help of O’Higgins and
Thomas Cochrane planed the independence
of Peru.
The Chilean army and troops of previous
wars joined forces with san martin and sailed
towards Peru.
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San Martin gathered
troops in Pisco and
started his journey into
lima.
Peruvian Powers, due to
the amount of
independence troops,
fled lima and allowed
san martin to take over
and later became
independent in 1821.
GUAYAQUIL
On July 26, 1822 San
Martin interviews Bolivar
in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
They were both liberators
of South America one of
the North and one of the
South. They talked
privately.
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SAN MARTIN AFTER INDEPENDENCE
After all the
independences San
Martin went to
exile in France in
1831 because his
wife died and he
thought that all the
things he wanted to
achieve were
completed. Index!
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