Brazil Slide Series: Collection Brasilia, Slide No. 0009.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

March 2009

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Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted the growth of a sophisticated urban society which built sumptuous rococo mansions, churches and convents in new towns in the interior. As the supply of gold and diamonds dwindled, the Portuguese attempted to maintain income from the region by tightening regulations and imposing a variety of taxes and demands on mining which stimulated discontent. Most of the wealth of Brazil went to Portugal which used it to finance lavish expenditures and the purchase of luxury goods from England. ln 1789, Vila Rica witnessed the development of the Inconfidência an intellectual conspiracy based on the ideas of the French and u.s. revolutions, which sought freedom from Portugal. Discovered by the Portuguese Crown, the conspirators were either exiled or executed. The numbers of colonists who felt more Brazi1ian than Portuguese increased.Al tar em Tiradentes (Minas Gerais) ricamente adornado. A riqueza das minas de Minas Gerais permitiu o desenvolvimento de uma sociedade urbana sofisticada a qual construiu mansões suntuosas ao estilo rococó, igrej as e conventos em novas cidades e no interior. Quando o suprimento de ouro e diamantes decaiu, os portugueses tentaram manter a renda proveniente da região estreitando regulamentos e impondo uma variedade de taxas e exigências à mineração, os quais geraram descontentamento. A mai or parte da riqueza do Brasil foi para Portugal, o qual a usou para financiar despesas extravagantes e a compra de mercadorias luxuosas da Inglaterra. Em 1789, Vila Rica presenciou o desenvolvimento da Inconfidência Mineira, uma conspiração intelectual baseada nas idéias das revoluções francesa e americana, a qual almej ava a independência de Portugal. Descobertos pela Coroa Portuguesa, os conspiradores foram exilados ou executados. O número de colonos que se sentiam mais brasileiros que portugueses, aumentou.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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