Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental

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The Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental was an early 19th-century military campaign in the region of present-day Uruguay that aimed to suppress local independence movements and led to the exile of patriot leader José Gervasio Artigas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion
military campaign
aim to prevent the consolidation of an independent Oriental state hostile to Portuguese interests
to secure control over Montevideo and the northern bank of the Río de la Plata
to suppress Artiguist federalism
belligerent Artiguist forces
Federal League
Luso-Brazilian forces
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
commander Carlos Frederico Lecor
José Gervasio Artigas
conflictType war of independence context
consequence paving the way for later Uruguayan independence struggles
strengthening of Luso-Brazilian influence in the Southern Cone
weakening of the Federal League
endDate 1820
hasCause Portuguese aim to suppress local independence movements
Portuguese desire to control the Banda Oriental
concern over revolutionary republican ideas on Brazil’s southern frontier
strategic interest in the Río de la Plata estuary
historicalContext Latin American wars of independence
decline of Spanish colonial power in the Río de la Plata
opponent José Gervasio Artigas
Oriental patriots
opposedBy gaucho militias loyal to Artigas
outcomeForArtigas political exile in Paraguay
partOf Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental self-linksurface differs
surface form: Luso-Brazilian interventions in the River Plate

Portuguese expansion in the Río de la Plata region
place Banda Oriental
present-day Uruguay
relatedTo Cisplatine War
José Gervasio Artigas
history of Uruguay
result annexation of the territory as the Cisplatine Province
defeat of Artigas and his federalist movement
exile of José Gervasio Artigas
occupation of the Banda Oriental by Luso-Brazilian forces
temporary incorporation of present-day Uruguay into the Brazilian Empire’s predecessor state
significantEvent Battle of Catalán
Battle of Tacuarembó
fall of Artigas’ strongholds in the interior
startDate 1816
statusOfTerritoryAfterInvasion Cisplatina Province
surface form: Cisplatine Province of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
supportedBy Brazilian-based Portuguese troops

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José Gervasio Artigas causeOfExile Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
Banda Oriental relatedEvent Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
this entity surface form: Luso-Brazilian invasion of 1816
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata conflict Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
this entity surface form: Luso-Brazilian invasion of the Banda Oriental
Liga Federal dissolvedAfter Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental partOf Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Luso-Brazilian interventions in the River Plate
Uruguayan War of Independence hasPart Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
José Gervasio conflict Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
subject surface form: José Gervasio Artigas
this entity surface form: Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
Cisplatine War cause Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
this entity surface form: Brazilian annexation of Cisplatina
Cisplatina Province historyOfTopic Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental
this entity surface form: Luso-Brazilian occupation of the Banda Oriental