Inconfidência Mineira
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Inconfidência Mineira (Portuguese pronunciation:
The main internal cause of the conspiracy was the decline of gold mining in that captaincy. As gold became less plentiful, the region's gold miners faced increasing difficulties in fulfilling tax obligations to the crown (the tax over gold was one-fifth). When the captaincy could not satisfy the royal demand for gold, it was burdened with an additional tax on gold, called derrama.
Conspirators seeking independence from Portugal planned to rise up in rebellion on the day that the derrama was instituted.[1] However, the conspirators lacked both well-formed plans and an overall leader. Some of the conspirators were republicans, others were monarchists. Some favored the abolition of slavery, while others judged abolition as impractical at that time. The conspirators did put forth a few economic and social ideas: the promotion of cotton production, the exploitation of iron and saltpeter reserves, a proposal to give incentives to mothers to have many children, and the creation of a citizens' militia.
The conspiracy attracted a great number of military personnel, priests, and intellectuals, as well as the poets
Conspirators
The Inconfidência was inspired by the ideals of the
Eventually, three participants in the independence movement revealed the conspirators' plans to the government, and the rebels were arrested in 1789. Among the movement were the lawyer
Aftermath
Judicial proceedings against the conspirators lasted from 1789 to 1792. Lieutenant Colonel Freire de Andrade,
In 1948 the events were portrayed in the film Minas Conspiracy directed by Carmen Santos.
In 1963, Minas Gerais incorporated as its state flag the one designed by the Inconfidência, with an
See also
Further reading
- Maxwell, Kenneth R., Conflicts and Conspiracies: Brazil & Portugal 1750–1808 (Cambridge University Press, 1973)
- Furtado, Júnia Ferreira, Chica da Silva: A Brazilian Slave of the Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
References
- ^ "Inconfidência Mineira". Inconfidência Mineira. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Inconfidência Mineira". suapesquisa. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ Minas Flag Archived 2012-12-15 at the Wayback Machine, Minas Gerais Government (in Portuguese)