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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1385889, member: 28550"]I was curious about why Brazil devalued the currency in 1835 and came across some very interesting history of the Empire of Brazil. First off, the Empire was created when the Portuguese King left his heir (Pedro I) in charge as regent and the boy decided to split the country off from Portugal. Then, when his father died, he left Brazil to go back to Portugal and install his daughter on the throne (I find it hard to believe that the King of Portugal didn't disinherit his son for stealing Brazil, but this is only where the story starts to get interesting).</p><p><br /></p><p>Pedro I left his son Pedro II in charge in Brazil, but the boy was underage and a weak regency council reigned from 1831-1841. During that time, there were a number of overlapping revolts, wars with neighbors, and general uprisings. I still haven't found the particular trigger event, but it looks like the Cabanagem may have been the straw that broke the currency's back:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanagem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanagem" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanagem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At roughly the same time, the Malê Revolt is also a possible cause (it was a revolt of slaves and former slaves, many of whom where also African Muslims):</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malê_Revolt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malê_Revolt" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malê_Revolt</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1385889, member: 28550"]I was curious about why Brazil devalued the currency in 1835 and came across some very interesting history of the Empire of Brazil. First off, the Empire was created when the Portuguese King left his heir (Pedro I) in charge as regent and the boy decided to split the country off from Portugal. Then, when his father died, he left Brazil to go back to Portugal and install his daughter on the throne (I find it hard to believe that the King of Portugal didn't disinherit his son for stealing Brazil, but this is only where the story starts to get interesting). Pedro I left his son Pedro II in charge in Brazil, but the boy was underage and a weak regency council reigned from 1831-1841. During that time, there were a number of overlapping revolts, wars with neighbors, and general uprisings. I still haven't found the particular trigger event, but it looks like the Cabanagem may have been the straw that broke the currency's back: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabanagem[/URL] At roughly the same time, the Malê Revolt is also a possible cause (it was a revolt of slaves and former slaves, many of whom where also African Muslims): [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malê_Revolt"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malê_Revolt[/URL][/QUOTE]
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