Revolutions of Brazil
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Rebellion
Rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state...

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Revolution
A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...

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Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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  • Empire of Brazil


  • Pernambucan Revolt
    Pernambucan Revolt
    The Pernambucan Revolt of 1817 occurred in the province of Pernambuco in the Northeastern region of Brazil, and was sparked mainly by the decline of sugar cane production and the influence of the Freemasonry in the region...

     (1817)
  • Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt
    Irish and German Mercenary Soldiers' Revolt
    The Irish and German' Revolt was a revolt of German and Irish peoples in 1828 during the Argentina-Brazil War of 1825–1828. The immigrants, who were recruited in their homelands to come to Brazil, discovered that the promises made to them by the Brazilian government were not fulfilled. In the...

     (1828)

  • War of the Farrapos (1835–1845)
  • Cabanagem
    Cabanagem
    The Cabanagem was a social revolt that occurred in the then-province of Grão-Pará, Brazil.Among the causes for this revolt were the extreme poverty of the Paraense people and the political irrelevance to which the province was relegated after the independence of Brazil.The name "Cabanagem" refers...

     (1835–1845)
  • Balaiada
    Balaiada
    The Balaiada was a social revolt that occurred between 1838 and 1841 in the interior of the province of Maranhão, Brazil.-Background:During the imperial period, the Maranhão region, which exported cotton, suffered a grave economic crisis because of competition with the increasingly productive...

     (1838–1841)

  • Praieira revolt
    Praieira revolt
    The Praieira revolt, also known as the Beach rebellion, was a movement in the Pernambuco region of Brazil that lasted from 1848 to 1849. The revolt, influenced by revolutions taking place in Europe, was due in part to unresolved conflicts left over from the period of the Regency and local...

     (1848)
  • Quebra-Quilos revolt
    Quebra-Quilos revolt
    The Quebra-Quilos revolt was a three month long revolt in opposition to the proposed transition to a metric system...

     (1874–1875)


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  • Republic of Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...



  • Revolta da Armada
    Revolta da Armada
    Brazilian Naval Revolts, or the Revoltas da Armada , were armed mutinies promoted mainly by Admirals Custodio de Mello and Saldanha da Gama and their fleet of Brazilian Navy ships against unconstitucional attitudes of the then the central government in Rio de Janeiro.-First revolt:In November 1891,...

     (1893–94)
  • War of Canudos
    War of Canudos
    The War of Canudos was a conflict between the state of Brazil and a group of some 30,000 settlers who had founded their own community in the northeastern state of Bahia, named Canudos...

     (1897)
  • Vaccine Revolt
    Vaccine Revolt
    The Vaccine Revolt, or Vaccine Rebellion, was a period of civil disorder which occurred in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 10 through 16, 1904.-Antecedents:...

     (1904)

  • Chibata Revolt (1910)
  • Contestado War
    Contestado War
    The Contestado War , broadly speaking, was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916....

     (1912–1916)

  • The Tenente Revolts 1922–1927
  • The Brazilian Revolution of 1930
    Brazilian Revolution of 1930
    The Revolution of 1930 was a movement that overthrew President Washington Luís and installed Getúlio Vargas as Provisional President.-See also:*Revolutions of Brazil*History of Brazil...

  • The Constitutionalist Revolution
    Constitutionalist Revolution
    The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 coup d'état whereby Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's Presidency; Vargas was supported by the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais, Rio...

     of 1932
  • The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état


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  • Brazilian War of Independence

  • History of Brazil
    History of Brazil
    The history of Brazil begins with the arrival of the first indigenous peoples, thousands of years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska and then moving south....


  • Military history of Brazil
    Military history of Brazil
    The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian Armed Forces in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For several hundreds of years, the area was the site of intertribal wars of indigenous peoples...

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