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 | | It is not surprising therefore, that the three major coffee-producing states--Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro--came to dominate all aspects of the national life. |
 | | The first three civilian presidents, Prudente de Moraes Barros, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles, and Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, were from Sao Paulo. |
 | | Among Campos' policies to nationalize education, perhaps the most important was the requirement that all instruction be given in the Portuguese language; the regulation was aimed at accelerating the Brazilianization of European immigrants, particularly in the South, where there were large concentrations of Germans, Poles, and Italians. |
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