Republic of Acre

Coordinates: 9°58′S 67°48′W / 9.967°S 67.800°W / -9.967; -67.800
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Republic of Acre
Portuguese: República do Acre Spanish: República del Acre
1899 – 1900
1900 – 1900
1903 – 1903
Flag of Acre
Top: 1899-1900; bottom: 1903
Flag
Coat of Arms (1903) of Acre
Coat of Arms (1903)
Motto: "Patria e Liberdade"
Seal:
Presidential republic
President 
• 1899–1900
Gálvez Rodríguez
• 1903
Plácido de Castro
History 
• First Republic declared
14 July 1899
• Restored to Bolivia
15 March 1900
• Second Republic declared
November 1900
• Second Republic suppressed
24 December 1900
• Third Republic declared
27 January 1903
• Treaty of Petrópolis
11 November 1903
Currency
Réis
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Bolivia
Peru
Brazil
Today part ofBrazil

The Republic of Acre (Portuguese: República do Acre, Spanish: República del Acre) or the Independent State of Acre (Portuguese: Estado Independente do Acre, Spanish: Estado Independiente del Acre) were the names of a series of separatist governments in then Bolivia's Acre region between 1899 and 1903. The region was eventually annexed by Brazil in 1903 and is now the State of Acre.

History

Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias

For forty years, after around 1860, Acre had been overrun by Brazilians, who made up the vast majority of the population.

rubber boom of the late 19th century attracted many Brazilian migrants to the region. In 1899–1900, the Spanish journalist and former diplomat Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias led an expedition that sought to seize control of what is now Acre from Bolivia. The expedition was secretly financed by the Amazonas state government and aimed to incorporate Acre into Brazil after its independence from Bolivia. Gálvez declared himself president of the First Republic of Acre on July 14, 1899, and set up his capital at Puerto Alonso, which he renamed Cidade do Acre. That first republic lasted until March 1900, when the Brazilian government sent troops to arrest Gálvez and give Acre back to Bolivia
. Gálvez was deported to Spain and the inhabitants of Acre found themselves up against both Bolivia and Brazil.

In November 1900 an attempt was made at creating a Second Acre Republic with Rodrigo de Carvalho as president. Again the movement was suppressed, and Acre remained part of Bolivia until 1903.

José Plácido de Castro

After the failure of the second attempt of Acre to secede from Bolivia, a veteran soldier from

Barão do Rio Branco's most able ministerial diplomacy, the question was settled. After negotiations, a treaty was signed. The Treaty of Petrópolis, which was signed on November 11, 1903, gave Brazil Acre (191.000 km2) in exchange for lands in Mato Grosso, payment of two million pounds sterling and an undertaking to construct the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad
that would allow Bolivia access to the outside world. On February 25, 1904, it was officially made a federal territory of Brazil.

  • 1899 stamp of the Independent State of Acre
    1899 stamp of the Independent State of Acre
  • Map of the Republic of Acre, it is kept in the national archive
    Map of the Republic of Acre, it is kept in the national archive

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-8047-1168-2
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External links

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