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1825 treaty between Argentina and the United Kingdom
The
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation Between Argentina and the United Kingdom
was an 1825 treaty between the
United Provinces of the River Plate
(predecessor of modern
Argentina
) and the
United Kingdom
). With this treaty, the United Kingdom accepted the 1816
Argentine Declaration of Independence
. As the United Kingdom was the most powerful
world power
of the time, and the
United States
had announced the
Monroe Doctrine
, this treaty limited the chances of Spain to reconquer its former colony.
The treaty also allowed
British subjects
to keep their religion, and to build their own churches and cemeteries. This was an unprecedented step in the history of the
freedom of religion
in Argentina, as it was the first time that a religion other than the
Catholic Church
was legally allowed in the country. The treaty set as well an agreement to stop the
Atlantic slave trade
.
In the context of the dispute over the
Falkland Islands
(
Spanish
:
Islas Malvinas
), Lowell S. Gustafson argues that by signing the Treaty without making any reservation about Argentina's settlement on the islands by 1825, the United Kingdom weakened its claim.
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Lowell S. Gustafson (7 April 1988).
The Sovereignty Dispute Over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
. Oxford University Press. p. 22.
ISBN
978-0-19-536472-9
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Britain recognized the new government in 1825 without making any reservations about Argentina's attempts to exercise its sovereignty over the Malvinas. By this failure to protest Jewitt's or Vernet's acts of possession in the name of the new republic, the 2 February 1825 Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation weakened England's claim.