Shortly before this, the colonists had reached an agreement with Argentina's minister of the interior, Guillermo Rawson, that the colony would be recognized as one of the states of Argentina when its population reached 20,000.
この直前に植民者達はアルゼンチンの内務大臣ギレルモ・ラウソンと、人口が2万人に達した時にアルゼンチンの州の一つとして認められるという合意に達していた。