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Liberal Revolution of 1820

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296: 35: 743: 245:. In its brief existence the movement attempted to introduce liberalism in Portugal, although it ultimately failed to do so. In 1817 three masons, João de Sá Pereira Soares, Morais Sarmento and José Andrade Corvo, denounced the movement to the authorities, who arrested many suspects, including Freire de Andrade, who was charged with conspiracy against John VI, represented in 507:
vol. 4, p. 12. The executed were José Ribeiro Pinto, Major José da Fonseca Neves, Maximiano Dias Ribeiro (all freemasons); and José Joaquim Pinto da Silva, Major José Campello de Miranda, Colonel Manuel Monteiro de Carvalho, Henrique José Garcia de Moraes, António Cabral Calheiros Furtado de Lemos,
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which debated the nature of the future government. The elections resulted in deputies who were primarily from the professions (lawyers, professors) and not from the merchants who had spearheaded the revolution. Professionals now took the lead in the revolution. The constitution that was approved in
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In October 1817, the Regency found the twelve of the accused guilty of treason against the nation and sentenced them to death by hanging. Beresford intended to suspend the sentence until it was confirmed by John VI, but the Regency, judging that such a move was a slight to its authority, ordered
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Following the defeat of the French forces in 1814, Portugal experienced a prolonged period of political turmoil, in which many sought greater self-rule for the Portuguese people. Eventually, this unrest put an end to the King's long stay in Brazil, when his return to Portugal was demanded by the
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revolution in Spain of 1 January 1820, a liberal revolution started in Porto, quickly spreading without resistance to several other Portuguese cities and towns, culminating with the revolt of Lisbon. The revolutionaries demanded the immediate return of the royal court to
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to be set up in Portugal. The revolutionaries also sought to restore Portuguese exclusivity in the trade with Brazil, reverting Brazil to the status of a colony, officially to be reduced to a "Principality of Brazil," instead of the
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from Portugal on 7 September 1822. On 12 October 1822, Pedro was acclaimed as the first Emperor of Brazil. He was crowned on 1 December 1822. Portugal recognized Brazil's sovereignty in 1825.
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and former general under Napoleon until his defeat in 1814—with the objective to end British control of the country and to promote "the salvation and independence" of the
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A couple of years after the executions, Beresford left for Brazil to ask the King for more resources and powers to suppress the lingering presence of what he called "
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After Napoleon's definite defeat in 1815, a clandestine Supreme Regenerative Council of Portugal and the Algarve was formed in Lisbon by army officers and
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in order to "restore the metropolitan dignity." In fact, the liberal revolution of 1820 not only forced the return of the King but also demanded a
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Even though the Portuguese had participated in the defeat of the French, the country found itself virtually a colony of Brazil or British
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ideas had an important influence on Portuguese society and political organization in the nineteenth century.
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political revolution that erupted in 1820. It began with a military insurrection in the city of
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their immediate execution, which took place on 18 October at Campo do Santana (today,
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Manuel Inácio de Figueiredo, and Pedro Ricardo de Figueiró (all possible freemasons).
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by a regency, then overseen by the military authority headed by the British officer
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resented British control of the Portuguese armed forces. In addition the 1808
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After John VI returned to Portugal in 1821, his heir-apparent,
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Portuguese revolution establishing a constitutional monarchy
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General and Extraordinary Cortes of the Portuguese Nation
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forces invaded Portugal three times. As a result, the
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Index

Revolutions of 1820

Portugal
absolutism
constitutional monarchy
Portuguese
Portuguese
Porto
Brazil
had fled
Peninsular War
constitutional
1822 Constitution
liberal
Napoleonic French
Portuguese royal family was transferred
Brazil
John VI
transcontinental empire
protectorate
Portuguese Army
Decree of the Opening of Ports to Friendly Nations
pt
Mercantilism
Treaties of 1810
pt
bourgeoisie
freemasons
Gomes Freire de Andrade
Grand Master

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