Brazilian independence movement

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independence movement political movement social movement

The Brazilian independence movement was the early 19th-century political and social process that led to Brazil’s separation from Portugal and the formation of the Empire of Brazil under Dom Pedro I.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Proclamation of Brazilian Independence	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independence movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aim	maintenance of social hierarchy ⓘ political autonomy from Portugal ⓘ preservation of monarchical order ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Independência ou Morte ⓘ surface form: Independence Day (Brazil)
commemorationDate	7 September ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Pirajá ⓘ Luso-Brazilian War ⓘ Portuguese resistance in Bahia ⓘ Siege of Salvador (1822–1823) ⓘ naval campaign in Bahia ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
dateOfDiaDoFico	9 January 1822 ⓘ
dateOfEvent	7 September 1822 ⓘ
endDate	1825 ⓘ
followedBy	Empire of Brazil ⓘ surface form: First Reign of Brazil Regency period in Brazil ⓘ
hasCause	Napoleonic invasions of Portugal ⓘ Portuguese colonial rule ⓘ economic restrictions imposed by Portugal ⓘ influence of Enlightenment ideas ⓘ political centralization by Lisbon ⓘ precedent of Spanish American independence wars ⓘ rise of Brazilian-born elites ⓘ transfer of Portuguese court to Brazil ⓘ
influencedBy	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution French Revolution ⓘ Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ surface form: Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Portugal Latin American independence movements ⓘ surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
keyFigure	John VI of Portugal ⓘ surface form: Dom João VI Joaquim Gonçalves Ledo ⓘ Dom Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ surface form: José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva José Clemente Pereira ⓘ Maria Leopoldina of Austria ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
leader	Dom Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ surface form: Dom Pedro I
locationOfEvent	Ipiranga River ⓘ
mainIdeology	constitutionalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ
opposedBy	Portuguese Cortes ⓘ Government of Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese government
politicalOutcome	accession of Dom Pedro I as Emperor of Brazil ⓘ continuity of slavery in Brazil ⓘ creation of a constitutional monarchy ⓘ maintenance of territorial unity of Brazil ⓘ
precededBy	Portuguese colonization of Brazil ⓘ
recognitionDate	1825 ⓘ
recognitionDateByUnitedStates	1824 ⓘ
recognizedBy	Portugal ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
relatedEvent	Dia do Fico ⓘ United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves ⓘ surface form: Elevation of Brazil to a kingdom (1815) Liberal Wars in Portugal ⓘ surface form: Return of Dom João VI to Portugal (1821) Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil (1808) ⓘ
resultedIn	Empire of Brazil ⓘ
separatedFrom	Portugal ⓘ
significantEvent	Independência ou Morte ⓘ surface form: Cry of Ipiranga
startDate	1808 ⓘ
supportedBy	Brazilian landowning elites ⓘ Brazilian-born military officers ⓘ urban middle sectors in Brazil ⓘ
territory	Brazilian colonial territory in South America ⓘ
treaty	Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825) ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dom Pedro I of Brazil → event → Brazilian independence movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proclamation of Brazilian Independence

Latin American independence movements → hasPart → Brazilian independence movement ⓘ