The Quadrilateral Treaty was a pact between the

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provinces of

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, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and

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, signed on 25 January 1822. The treaty was intended to be an offensive-defensive pact between the signatories, in front of an attack by

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from the

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(present-day

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), which was seen as very probable. It also wanted to establish peace after the defeat of the ''caudillo'' from Entre Ríos, Francisco Ramírez, who in 1821 had invaded Santa Fe and Córdoba Provinces, without success. The pact established: * Peace and union of the four provinces, and an alliance before a possible foreign invasion of Spaniards, Portuguese or Brazilians. * Free navigation rights in the rivers of the signatory provinces. * The retirement of the representatives from the ''small congress of Córdoba''. * Any of the signatory provinces could convene a congress un congreso when it felt the opportunity and need arose. The alliance of Buenos Aires with the provinces of the Argentine littoral, insured through government subsidies, gave an opportunity to Buenos Aires of neutralizing the Governor of Córdoba

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, who awaited the country's reorganization in a National Constitution since 1825.

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* {{Argentine Civil War Argentine Civil War 1822 in Argentina Treaties between Argentine provinces 1822 treaties January 1822 events

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