1830-1870 1918-1945







Uruguay 1870-1918


In 1903 JOSE BATLLE Y ORDONEZ (Colorado Party) won the presidential election. The opposing Blanco Party rebelled; the rebels were defeated in the Battle of Masoller (Sept. 1st 1904), which terminated the WAR OF 1904. President Battle y Ordonnez introduced many social reforms and overlooked his country's transition from a colonial society to a modern democracy. In 1915 Uruguay introduced the 8-HOUR-WORKDAY. Uruguay enjoyed the rule of law and order and an era of economic prosperity, based on the export of agricultural products, mainly beef, mutton, leather, wool. During the years between 1875 and 1895 the nation's railway network was greatly expanded, and a network of state-financed schools established, to the credit of DAMASO LARRANAGA. Regarding literacy, Uruguay was envied by it's Latin American neighbours. In Uruguay, writers such as J. ZORILLA DE SAN MARTIN, FLORENCIO SANCHEZ, FRANCISCO ACUNA DE FIGUEROA were highly revered.
In 1906 Montevideo got her first electrically powered tramway. In 1913 the Uruguayan air force was established. In 1912 the state assumed a monopoly for energy supply. In 1916 the state assumed the administration of the port of Montevideo. In 1878, the DIOCESIS OF MONTEVIDEO was created; in 1897 it was elevated into an ARCHDIOCESIS (the population is predominantly Catholic).
Until late in World War I, Uruguay remained neutral. Then it joined the Entente without dispatching troops.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from Catholic Encyclopedia : Uruguay
Library of Congress, Country Studies : Uruguay
Links to Uruguay's history from about.com , from latinoconnect
DOCUMENTS Theodore Child, The Republic of Uruguay, from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, May 1891, pp.906-927, from Cornell Digital Library Collection
Coins of Uruguay : Peso System, 20th Century, 19th Century, from Uruguay Coin Collection Page
Rebellion in Uruguay, in "The Great Round World and What is Gouing on in it", Vol.1 No.22, April 1897, posted by Gutenberg Library Online
REFERENCE Jean L. Willis, Historical Dictionary of Uruguay, Metuchen : Scarecrow 1974, 275 pp. [G]
Article : Uruguay, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp.1099-1100 [G]
Article : Uruguay, in : Statesman's Year Book 1878 pp.611-615, 1889 pp.713-719, 1895 pp.1102-1108, 1898 pp.1106-1113, 1901 pp.1242-1250, 1902 pp.1254-1262, 1905 pp.1342-1350, 1910 pp.1309-1316, 1918 pp.1340-1347 [G]
Article : Uruguay, in : International Year Book 1898 pp.873-876, 1899 pp.838-841, 1900 pp.913-914 [G]
Article : Uruguay, in : New International Year Book 1907 pp.825-826, 1908 pp.747-749, 1909 pp.764-766, 1910 pp.789-790, 1913 pp.740-742, 1914 pp.739-741, 1916 pp.761-762, 1917 pp.731-733, 1918 pp.693-694 [G]
Article : Uruguay, in : Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events 1894 pp.759-760 [G]



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