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  War of Tatters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
War of Tatters (in Portuguese: Guerra dos Farrapos) was a Republican uprising that began in the southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina) in 1835.
The war rushed the coronation of Dom Pedro II, at that time a 15 year old, in direct violation of Brazilian constitution.
It is considered the bloodiest civil war to have ever occurred in Brazil.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_of_the_Farrapos   (613 words)

  
 10. Brazil. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
War between Brazil and Argentina resulted in the independence of the Cisplatine Province (Banda Oriental), which eventually became Uruguay (See Uruguay).
The war caused financial havoc in Brazil, and mercenary troops mutinied in Rio (1828).
Antislavery agitation and debate resumed with the end of the war, resulting in the Rio Branco Law (1871), which freed all children of slaves born after that date.
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 Brazilian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Republican objectives were apparent in some of these revolts, such as the War of the Farrapos ("tatters"), also known as the Farroupilha Rebellion (1835-45), in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
In Brazil the war contributed to the growth of manufacturing, to the professionalization of the armed forces and their concentration in Rio Grande do Sul, to the building of roads and the settling of European immigrants in the southern provinces, and to the increased power of the central government.
After the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-70), the monarchy was indifferent to the army, which the civilian elite did not perceive as a threat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazilian_Empire   (6679 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - War of Tatters
The rebels led by generals Bento Gonçalves and Antônio de Souza Netto with the support of the Italian warrior Giuseppe Garibaldi surrendered to imperial forces in 1845.
Apparently the uprising began due to the secondary role that the Rio Grande do Sul state was playing in Brazilian regencial politics, because, unlike the other provinces, the state economy was focused in supplying the internal market rather than exporting of commodities.
The state's main product, the charque (bovine dried and salted meat), was suffering the hard competition of the charque from Uruguay and Argentina, which had free access to Braziian market while the gaúchos had to pay high taxes inside Brazil.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/War_of_the_Farrapos   (743 words)

  
 Brazil - Social Conflict and Participation
There was no war of independence against Portugal, but only local or regional conflicts, such as the Cabanagem (1835) in the Amazon, the War of the Farrapos (1845) in Rio Grande do Sul, and the São Paulo Civil War (1932) (see The Empire, 1822-89; The Republican Era, 1889-1985, ch.
Although Brazil participated in the Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-70), most conflicts with neighboring countries were solved peacefully.
In the post-World War II period, the struggle for land pitted rural workers and their leaders against the landowners and their hired gunmen, resulting in the murder of leaders and even priests, most notably in frontier areas.
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 Giuseppe Garibaldi - TheBestLinks.com - Austria, Argentina, American Civil War, Alps, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Sentenced to death, he escaped to South America where he took part in the War of the Farrapos, as well as commanded Uruguay's navy in a war with Argentina.
The war of 1859 opened a new and promising channel for the devotion of Garibaldi to his native land.
The war of 1859 was his work, and he had the satisfaction of seeing Sardinia increased by the addition of Lombardy, Tuscany, Parma and Modena.
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 Ears and Conflicts of Brazil
Civil war broke out between the absolutist supporters of Miguel, the so-called "Miguelites," who took control of Lisbon, and the constitutionalists, who were aided by General John Carlos de Oliveira e Daun Saldanha (1791-1876) at Oporto.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 1864-70 Paraguayan War (War of the Triple Ailiance) Francisco Solano Lopez (1827-70), president-dictator of Paraguay, dreamed of ruiing a great Platine state in South América, with Paraguay as its center.
The war devastated Paraguay, whose former population of about 525,000 was reduced to some 221,000, of whom oníy 29,000 were adult males; it was the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history.
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 Brazil The Regency Era, 1831-40 - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Republican objectives were apparent in some of these revolts, such as the War of the Farrapos (ragamuffins), also known as the Farroupilha Rebellion (1835-45), in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
After the Paraguayan War (1864-70), the monarchy was indifferent to the army, which the civilian elite did not perceive as a threat.
Pedro II favored abolition, and during the Paraguayan War slaves serving in the military were emancipated.
www.photius.com /countries/brazil/society/brazil_society_the_regency_era_183~186.html   (4055 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Machete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the Philippines, the bolo is a very similar tool, but with the blade swelling just before the tip to make the knife even more tip-heavy for chopping.
It's used to open ways through the jungle, and was used to fight against the Brazilian Empire in the farrapos' war (War of Tatters 1835-1845).
Slaves freed by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes agreed to fight against Spain, where their only weapons were the tool they used to cut the sugar cane in the La De Majagua plantation.
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 Matérias
When the war started, Garibaldi went to fight in Santa Catarina and there he met Anita (Ana Maria Ribeiro da Silva), a young married woman.
Anita fell in love with Garibaldi and left her husband to fight in the war by Giuseppe Garibaldi's side.
War of the Farrapos: the causes of the conflict
www.maganews.com.br /materias/mat16_casa.htm   (332 words)

  
 Brazilian Calendar - Monarchy in Brazil
War of the Farrapos begins, September 20, 1835.
Work on the theater began in 1833, but was interrupted by the War of Farrapos.
A bloody war ensues leading to 700 thousand deaths, only 33 thousand of which are Brazilian.
www.southamericanway.com /calendar/monarchy.html   (790 words)

  
 Brazil Information Guide -Chronology of Important Events
War of the Mascates (merchant class of Recife defeats planter class of Olinda).
War of the Farrapos (ragamuffins), also known as the Farroupilha rebellion, in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
War of the Triple Alliance, allying Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay against Paraguay.
www.floridabrasil.com /brazil/brazil-guide-Chronology-Important-Events.htm   (851 words)

  
 Brazil
This exchange led to the Guaraní War of 1756, which destroyed the missions and contributed to the Jesuit expulsion from Portuguese (1759) and Spanish (1763) possessions.
In fact, as historian Sergio Buarque de Holanda showed, by identifying Brazil as a destination of the wandering Apostle St. Thomas the Portuguese settlers were able to argue that all natives had their chance to convert and had rejected it, so they could be conquered and taken captive legitimately.
The conflict damaged native trust in the missions, and the epidemics of influenza, smallpox, and measles in 1562 and 1563 decimated the Indian population and increased colonist competition for laborers.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/brazil/all.html   (19072 words)

  
 Brazil: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
From 1896 to 1897, the Canudos war, in which a religious community was wiped out by the republic's troops, took place in the northeastern provinces.
This war was due to a clash between the interior - poor, illiterate and desperate - and the coast - literate, with a developed economy and seeking modernization.
Between 1914 and 1918, World War I brought an economic boom to Brazil, since the country was one of the main suppliers of commodities to the powers at war.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=221   (4934 words)

  
 Era_Of_Independence
B) War of the Mascates (l710-1713) is a war of large planter landowners (fazendeiros) against Portuguese mascates (i.
Wars between Spain and Portugal in the region destroyed small farmer colonies.
Rebels continue at war with the imperial government for ten years until l845 before they are defeated.
isc.temple.edu /evanson/brazilhistory/Independence.htm   (2127 words)

  
 Brazzil - Brazil 24/7 :: View topic - History of Brazilian armed conflicts
The Paraguayan War and the Canudos Rebellion were pretty brutal affairs, however, and the Farrapilha revolts in RGS were not little nor bloodless.
Well, in the Chaco War I'd say that most of the blame lies with Bolivia, not Paraguay; Bolivia wanted an outlet to the Atlantic via the Paraguay river, having lost their Pacific cost to Chile; and there were indications that there was oil in the Chaco.
Even the paulista revolt of 1932 was put down with a minimum of bloodshed (though a maximum of posing).The Paraguayan War and the Canudos Rebellion were pretty brutal affairs, however, and the Farrapilha revolts in RGS were not little nor bloodless.
www.brazzilbrief.com /viewtopic.php?t=6715   (2184 words)

  
 Pirelli Calendar 1991   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Thirteen models interpret thirteen different heroines, they are:Lynne Koestar, as the German, Eleonore Prochaska, who was killed in the battle of Gohrde in 1813;Monika Kassner, as Moscho Tzavella, who fought the invading Turks for the independence of her Greek village.
Paola Siero, as Anita Garibaldi, already famous in Brazil for her courage during the War of the Farrapos.
Saskia Van Der Waarde, as the Norwegian, Prillar Guri, heroic combatant during the war with Sweden.
www.pirellical.com /thecal/Calendario.jhtml?Year=1991&Lang=en   (633 words)

  
 Subject Index Page 81. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
War of the Thousand Days, civil war in Colombia
War Production Board, U.S. Warren, William R., Newfoundland leader
Washington, D.C. ; in War of 1812, 1572; convention of 1861, 1584; Pan-American conferences, 1603; Washington conferences, 1698, 1710, 2192, 2501, 2502; treaty of, 1719; March on, 3390, 3408; peace march, 3414; Poor People's March, 3415; march for gay rights, 3430.
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 South American Way - Monarchy in Brazil - Brazilian Imports
War of the Farrapos begins, War of the Farrapos begins, September 20, 1835.
A separatist movement had been gaining popularity in the south, and when Antônio Rodrigues Braga introduces new taxes, Bento Gonçalves and his men enter Porto Alegre on this day and dispose Braga.
The Paraguay War begins, The Paraguay War begins, November 13, 1864.
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 Latin American History Web | UNC Charlotte
Caxias faced with determination the revolted farroupilhas that were skilled in the art of making war in the "pampas" and in the "coxilhas".
Thanks to his capacity of celebrated nhilitary chief he defeated them progressively until the Fight of Porongos, when the farroupilhas were incontestably overthrown.
Instead of treading upon the defeated, Caxias worked for their amnesty, for the respect to the private property, and for the incorporation of the farrapos leaders to the Imperial Army in the same posts they held."
www.coas.uncc.edu /latinamerican/latinhistory/National/Brazil19/Brazil19.htm   (349 words)

  
 History of Rio Grande Do Sul
After almost 200 years of dispute with Argentina, Brazil relinquished its hold on the Cisplantina Province, which by agreement with Argentina was allowed to declare independence as Uruguay, a buffer state between its two large neighbors.
In the War of the Triple Alliance (1865-70), also known as the Paraguayan War, Paraguay confronted an alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Lopez was shot (Mar. 1, 1870) by the allies, and the bloody war ended shortly thereafter.
www.brazilbrazil.com /gauchos.html   (937 words)

  
 "A Casa das Sete Mulheres" (2003) (mini)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The name of the civil war comes from the Portuguese word "Farrapos" which means, ragged or tattered clothing.
With the exception of their leaders, who were wealthy land owners, the rebels (lower-class people, slaves, free fls, and Indians) were poorly dressed, poorly fed and in poor health.
Against the background of this war, the story introduces the viewers to seven women (all related to Bento Gonçalves) - Dona Ana Joaquina (eldest sister of Bento Gonçalves), Caetana (wife of Bento Gonçalves), Perpétua (Caetana's daughter), Maria (sister of Bento Gonçalves), Manuela, Rosario, and Mariana (Maria's daughters).
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 Copesul Homepage
Farrapos Peace is a journalistic approach of some topics of the Farroupilha revolution.
Soon, he becomes the main military chief of the Federalist Revolution, the bloodiest war in the history of Brazil.
Two years of war caused ten thousand deaths and a series of atrocities as the decapitation of prisoners in the battlefield.
www.copesul.com.br /english/ipuro_html/icopesul/epublica.htm   (848 words)

  
 All Empires History Forum: Brazilian Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The subsequent punishments of offending officers led Field Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca and General José Antônio Correia de Câmara(Visconde de Pelotas) to head protests that eventually forced the minister to resign in February 1887 and the cabinet to fall in March 1888.
The Brazilian indentity emerged as a common strugle by Indians,Blacks and Portugese settlers when the Netherlands made Parembuca(now recife) a Dutch colony in the mid-seventeenth century.In the process,these 3 races began to think of themselevs as Brazilians.
Actually, that war with the Dutch was just one of the many things that formed the independant Brazilian identity (there's also the constant wars with the Spanish, the Emboaba wars, etc.).
www.allempires.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5617&PN=1   (7719 words)

  
 netcyclo: Brazil: History 4
Pedro's government employed Admiral Thomas Alexander Cochrane, one of Britain's most successful naval commanders in the Napoleonic Wars and recently commander of the Chilean naval forces against Spain.
In 1825 war flared again over the Cisplatine Province, this time with Buenos Aires determined to annex the East Bank.
The blockade raised objections from the United States and Britain, and reverses on land in 1827 made it necessary to negotiate an end to the US$30 million Cisplatine War.
www.netcyclo.com /places/polit/nations/brazil/br-his04.htm   (6000 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - VIP - South America
123001 - The War of the Pacific (by Timur Lang/Scythe)
The political instability in Uruguay was one of the causes (the major cause) of the Triple Alliance War (aka Paraguay War).
But my primary goal is tweaking POP, War with Paraguay, the policy towards Uruguay, the acquision of Amazonian territories, the slave revolts, and independency movements, among other revolts.
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 AMERICAS SOCIETY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
During the War of the Emboabas (1707-8), they defended their claims against intruders from the coast.
For almost a decade, during the infamous War of the Cabanagem (1843-40), the cabaclos controlled much of the Amazon basin.
Estranged from both Spanish Argentina to the south and Brazil’s imperial government to the north, gaucho culture fought for autonomy in the ill-fated Farrapos War (1835-45).
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Thereafter, major wars were avoided in a hundred years of non-democratic peace: - Argentine-Brazil relations have indeed evolved from guarded coexistence for over a century, with little economic interaction and a tacit nuclear competition until the late 1980s, to a denuclearized zone underpinning the economic integration of the South Cone in the 1990s.
Economic slowdown in the United States and the spectre of a war in Iraq will continue to see lower inflows of FDI to the country, and are likely to result in the exchange rate remaining at around BRL3.50 to the USD for the rest of the year.
This peaked with the decision in World War II to move away from any Axis influence, and to send 25,000 troops to fight (the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, FEB) with the allies in Italy during 1944-1945.
www.international-relations.com /WbLatinAmerica/WBLA-Lec6-2006.doc   (12353 words)

  
 Brazil - GEOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Brazil's urban population (by the official definition) grew at rates of about 5 percent per year and accounted for 56 percent of the total population in 1970, 68 percent in 1980, and 75 percent in 1991.
During most of the post-World War II period, the largest cities grew fastest as a result of gradual migration to progressively larger cities.
In the 1980s, however, the proportion of Brazil's population living in metropolitan areas dropped from 29 percent to 28 percent.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/brazil/GEOGRAPHY.html   (14285 words)

  
 brazzilforum.com :: View topic - National Responsibility
Every historian who's ever studied this war places its genesis in the pre-revolutionary stresses between the local and Portuguese born elite, which erupted into violence when it became clear that independence wasn't going to remove the lusos from power as the local patriots had hoped.
I won’t go on in detail as per the intent of all the internal wars but to say, that most of them were fought not for the integrity of Brazil’s independence, though sometimes that name was used to promote coupe d’e-tats, but rather for the internal greed of various factions within.
The US went to war with Iraq supposedly for national security, which was found out that Iraq couldn’t fight its way out of a wet paper bag let alone threaten the national security of the US.
www.brazzilforum.com /viewtopic.php?t=2132   (7570 words)

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