very good new update , the portuguese empire is starting to expand greatly . very good policies to implement portuguese language ,and religion , can hardly wait for the next update .
how the morrco colony doing? also portugal is now truly bulding themsleves as a force with british naval help can stand up to france
I get the impression that the current policies of toleration, and what we might call multiculturalism, are only being born from pragmatism, for now. The ideal for the government is still 'One Faith, One Crown', but it's only that, an ideal, they can take steps to approach it but they can't upset the apple-cart very much when it comes to religion.
With another generation or a few, where we have people of different religions mixing and seeing that being of a different faith doesn't actually make one evil, then we might see more fully secular policies with full freedom of religion.
I wonder how much small islands population have been increased by this and also I think that irrigation system could worked very well in the Portugal morrco colony
This would certainly increase the Portuguese Population enough to power an Empire.
In the northernmost regions, where land owning had been traditionally more autonomous, farmers who did not abide to work on enclosed land began migrating to urban centers like Oporto, Coimbra and Aveiro to work in manufacturing workshops. This sentiment, however, continued to haunt them as it matched that of present urban workers now earning their skills and wage in organized manufacture workshops by the coast, having abandoned the Domestic System in favor of the Manufacture System. This eventually forced abandoned land to be taken over by investors that could bring in skilled migrants and early machinery as well as local cities to further urbanize, creating a general heat-up of demographics.
In the Tagus Valley and southern regions, where a few landowners already owned large swaths of farming land, farmers developed instead a sense of depression and disinterest that reduced overall productivity and labor peace. Frustrated land owners attempted to stress the need to maximize production, but the lack of personal investment from the farmers was not a problem solvable by whipping them around. Over time problems aggravated as farmers felt treated unfairly by both state and local powers without a solution being provided. Small agglomerations of resentful peasants began occurring, productivity decreased, hostility to PRP migrants in Évora escalated and, by 1780, approximately one third of the plantations had been sabotaged one way or another.
This new model was, for all intents, a step backwards on Land Enclosure as understood by its proponents, the British; it sacrificed government oversight and overlord of land in exchange for a more moderate approach and more promising long-term ideological gains. This time around, land was still enclosed, but ‘Sectors’ were laid out to be purchased either directly by farmers to work on or through stocks by investors. To ensure the virtues of Enclosed Land were defended, regulation centers of reduced powers were placed to oversee the availability of tools, the security of exchanges, the abiding of law and the cartographical division of territory.
The farmer, therefore, would cease to have a boss and alien land to work on and instead began to work on his own land organized into a sector of larger estates of other private ownerships that together were indirectly administered by a regulation center of bureaucrats, investors and productivity interests. Ultimately, the secret to smoothly distribute land ownership was through stocks, which allowed partial ownerships and, more importantly, partial exchanges without attacking the actual farm integrity or holding a single farmer accountable for all losses. These stocks were initially exchanged through the Lisbon Chamber of Commerce but would eventually be more effectively accounted for through post-1783 centralized banking.
There really was no Brazilian example st this time since Brazilians were still in a expansionist mode. The issue for the Portuguese was that land had for most part either been subdivided into smaller and smaller plots with most people just being subsistent farmers or that rich landowners rented out land for as much as possible and tenants farmers operated as cheap as possible.Amazing development. Which Brazilian State follow the laws and progresses made in Portugal the closest?
Rather than developments in farming, I meant Laws and progresses as in the legal rights of citizens and industrial progresses.There really was no Brazilian example st this time since Brazilians were still in a expansionist mode. The issue for the Portuguese was that land had for most part either been subdivided into smaller and smaller plots with most people just being subsistent farmers or that rich landowners rented out land for as much as possible and tenants farmers operated as cheap as possible.
In Brazil farmers either expanded their plantations farms or new farms were started based on demand for produce. In Portugal it was a different situation, the amount of land cultivation could not greatly increase what needed to happen as two fold. Increase in production and productivity increase. Both of which expanded exponentially due to rising urban population and increased demand while available agricultural land was limited. While some areas that had been till then forested and bush land were cultivated the biggest increase in productivity was applying modern technologies and practices to agriculture. This required capital infusion that Neither the owners not tenant farmers willing to invest. Many small holding were incorporated into quintas “farm estate” made easier by abandonment of many farms as people migrated to growing cities and towns. Secondly the value of land increased substantially if the farmers were willing to invest and modernize. This led to owners selling out to investors who could invest in the property and hire correct managers to manage the property.
While acreage and agricultural production in metropolitan Portugal saw a substancial production increase. The number of owners great decreased as size of farms increased.
In Brazil both the number of farms “quintas” increased as did their number. With many land owners acquiring or developing second or third estates that were given to second and third children.
Rather than developments in farming, I meant Laws and progresses as in the legal rights of citizens and industrial progresses.
The issue is that MAD means that Lisbon cannot tell the Brazilians what to do (autonomy). Cisplatina recently conquered during pombal tenure is the one more closely following metropolitan lead. In time this will be adopted northward ad each governor looks to develop their provinces economy which for most part was agricultureCisplatina did. Its legal groundwork was the closest to central power due to the very recent conquest of it.
Yes that is a natural assumption and unfortunately something like that did happen and much sooner than you might think. We will see it rear its ugly head in the next section we are covering which is Monarchical Orders – Early Josephine Acts.hmm well on onde hand this will lead to a further end to the slave trade butt at the same time could contribute to more racist attitudes about blacks and propagate we can't let them come because they have diseases exc which will spillover too later centuries about blacks and foreigners.
With Brazilian Doctors studying in Portugal some states are bound to adopt the Medical lessons earlier, likely the Southern States, will that boost the population of these states creating a mirror of the Northern and Southern United States?
Finally, in terms of direct benefits, the medical infrastructure would prove itself over the years mostly during wartime and pre-prophylactic population growth; expanded militarism and diplomatic aggressiveness in the early 19th century Portugal would lead to a deeper involvement in the Napoleonic Wars, one that was significantly less costly in deaths and disease outbreaks thanks to the established hospitals of Doctor Manuel Constâncio and families that tended to father more than three children due to the risk of disease claiming their offspring would find their new generation survive diseases and realties the previous one would not, leading to a short-term population growth boost. By the end of the century the country would have one of the most developed (albeit also most costly) hospital services sectors per country size in Europe and many Brazilian and European physician students traveled to Lisbon and Coimbra to learn the art of medicine.
The effect it had in international prestige, however, was one of the most undeniable of its age; many physicians from German territories, Spain and France were attracted to the expanding Portuguese medical sector during this period, creating an influx of skilled migration by sheer force of labor vacuum, which brought great reputation to the Portuguese Ministry of Health and Agriculture and a concentrated advancement in medical expertise. Names like Arnulphe D’Aumont, who published doctorates on administering mercury, Johann Ackerman, who taught classes in Portugal and translated Medieval medical science works between German and Portuguese, and Johan Lukas Boher, a significant medical philosopher in the field of obstetrics and maternity, were a few of the physicians that settled in the new hospitals and contributed their talent and innovation towards improving both the prestige and advancement of many medical fields.[1]
In 1781 a government inquiry and investigation was able to trace the epicenter of the outbreak to the slavers base camp and the escapes slaves. It was determined that the clandestine manner with which these people were being smuggled in had led to the rapid spread of disease. To combat the propagation the government attempted to put additional controls and restrictions on the importation of slaves both in Africa and Brazil, but they were met with suspicion and distrust by the large landowners who believed the government story was an attempt to ban slavery.[3]