Post by Octavio on Sept 28, 2019 14:26:10 GMT -5
Well, I just thought on starting a topic about one of the first attempts of an Independence Movement in Brazil.
During the Brazilian Golden Rush, Minas Gerais (one of Brazil's provinces) got rich and influent, and many intelectuals started to live there.
As the province became more populous, many rebellions happened, mostly againt the Portuguese tribute on the gold.
The Crown charged one fifth of all gold found in the province - this fifty was nicknamed "Quinto dos Infernos", "Hellish fifth".
The influx of Illuminist ideals, the anger for the tributation - seem as excessive by the miners - and the American Independence eventually led some intellectuals to form a conspiracy to seccede from Portugal.
Thus was born the Inconfidência Mineira, led by the upper strata in Minas Gerais.
The Conspiracy had Vila Rica (now Ouro Preto) as it main hold, and it was supposed to be the new country's capital when they achieved independence.
As a upper strata movement, the leaders where often prestigious in the region, such as the poets Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (who would be the first president) and Cláudio Manuel da Costa, the most influent Arcadist poets in Brazil at the time.
In 1789, the plot came to an end, as Joaquim Silvério da Silva made a deal with the Crown. He pointed out the conspirators' names seeking a pardon to his debts.
The Crown's answer was fast, arresting all the conspirators. They where judged and found guilty of High Treason agains the King.
The most influent of the conspirators where exiled in the Portuguese African colonies. The crown needed a scapegoat though, and the only executed man was a lower rank officer and dentist, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier.
They hanged him, quartered him and put parts of his body on display around the colony, as a warning to what happens to conspirators and traitors.
This man now is seen as a national hero, nicknamed Tiradentes (tooth-taker) due to his profession as a dentist. He's considered one of the martyrs of the Brazilian Independence.
Although the plot was failed, after Brazil's independence, Minas Gerais picked the Conspiracy's flag as their provincial flag. In the flag, there is the saying "Libertas quae sera tamen", liberty even if late.
During the Brazilian Golden Rush, Minas Gerais (one of Brazil's provinces) got rich and influent, and many intelectuals started to live there.
As the province became more populous, many rebellions happened, mostly againt the Portuguese tribute on the gold.
The Crown charged one fifth of all gold found in the province - this fifty was nicknamed "Quinto dos Infernos", "Hellish fifth".
The influx of Illuminist ideals, the anger for the tributation - seem as excessive by the miners - and the American Independence eventually led some intellectuals to form a conspiracy to seccede from Portugal.
Thus was born the Inconfidência Mineira, led by the upper strata in Minas Gerais.
The Conspiracy had Vila Rica (now Ouro Preto) as it main hold, and it was supposed to be the new country's capital when they achieved independence.
As a upper strata movement, the leaders where often prestigious in the region, such as the poets Tomás Antônio Gonzaga (who would be the first president) and Cláudio Manuel da Costa, the most influent Arcadist poets in Brazil at the time.
In 1789, the plot came to an end, as Joaquim Silvério da Silva made a deal with the Crown. He pointed out the conspirators' names seeking a pardon to his debts.
The Crown's answer was fast, arresting all the conspirators. They where judged and found guilty of High Treason agains the King.
The most influent of the conspirators where exiled in the Portuguese African colonies. The crown needed a scapegoat though, and the only executed man was a lower rank officer and dentist, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier.
They hanged him, quartered him and put parts of his body on display around the colony, as a warning to what happens to conspirators and traitors.
This man now is seen as a national hero, nicknamed Tiradentes (tooth-taker) due to his profession as a dentist. He's considered one of the martyrs of the Brazilian Independence.
Although the plot was failed, after Brazil's independence, Minas Gerais picked the Conspiracy's flag as their provincial flag. In the flag, there is the saying "Libertas quae sera tamen", liberty even if late.
