The Napoleonic regime in France have by a long time been a great contester of the British influence in Europe, always denying the right of trade between British merchants and the continent, but Napoleon soon realize the invectiveness of that so called “Continental System”, the trade routes have changed to Portugal, that became now a centre of British influence in Europe. The situation scale it the refusal of Price John, regent of Queen Maria to join the Continental System and is refusal to close is ports to British ships, General Junot is ordered to cross the Spanish border in direction to Lisbon.

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Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French

The Royal family and is court of nearly 15,000 people are send to Brazil. The fleet is escorted by the British Royal Navy until reach Salvador on 22 of January of 1808 but Price John will not reach Rio de Janeiro, the new capital of the Kingdom until March, there John sign a law opening the Brazilian markets to “friendly” traders, a great benefit to the Brazilian economy.

The new status of capital bring to Rio de Janeiro new ideas and more progress like the first bank in Portuguese territory, the Bank of Brazil created 4 month after the court reach Brazil, in an attempts to the creation of manufacturing industry in Brazil, this incentive will contribute to the appearance of the first factories in Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

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Embark of the Royal Family and the court
By the end of 1808 the minister António de Araújo e Azevedo proposes that Queen Maria abdicates the Portuguese crown and make a truce it France; most of the Brazilian population strongly supports that idea blinded by the hypothesis of Brazil become a Kingdom but the exiled Portuguese aristocrats fear lose their lands in Europe.

Besides the protests the Braganza family officially abdicates from the Portuguese and Algarvian crown on 13 of December of 1808, 2 days after the formation of the Kingdom of Brazil. The Napoleonic regime divide continental Portugal in two regions; The Kingdom of Northern Lusitania, north of the Tagus River is given to the King of Etruria and the Principality of Algarve is given to the Prime Minister of Spain, Manuel Godoy, the remain colonies are claim by the French Empire but this proposal is rejected by Prince John.

Most of the opposition against this act is bribed it noble titles and positions in the state, the most resistant ones are accused of treason, the tyrannical action of John will occult the economic grow and the prosperity during his reign.
 
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The low rates of popularity of the prince it the nobles has notable, high taxes, no representation and the abdication of the Portuguese crown cause the appearing of various conspirations against the monarchy, the most notable one can be seen in Pernambuco, here the economical regional crisis due to the low importance that the government give to the production of sugar cane in favour of the coffee in the south have caused a high discontent it the landowners of the region. On 17 of February of 1809 Luis Albuquerque and is supporters rise an army of 3000 men and take control of the cities of Olinda and Recife , the Pernambucan Republic is declare on 24 of March, the rebellion easily suppressed by the garrison present in the region.

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Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil

Other rebellions have happen in the north of Brazil while the south stays immensely loyal to the monarchy, a division in the politics between the Portuguese faction and the divided republicans, emancipationists and constitutionalists, Minas Gerais (General Mine) become a battleground for this two groups, there will appear the Brazilian popular expression “War in the mines”.
 
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Just to understand, why do the portuguese monarchy abdicates from the crown of Portugal and the Algarves?
António de Araújo e Azevedo always supported the idea of Portugal join the Continental System, he as the leader of the so called "French Party", the prince end rejecting the French ultimatum, the idea was that the British army can easily defend Portugal and the monarch will return in the next 1 or 2 years but the British government decide don't send any army at all, faced by a great win Araujo proposes the idea of the Prince abdicate, it low opposition the prince accept it.
 
The revolution was spreading all over La Plata, the new established Primeira Junta have deposed the Spanish viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, the conflict begin between the patriots and the royalists loyal to the Ferdinand VII, some volunteers of Rio Grande supported the rebels in Banda Oriental against the fortified cities loyal to the Spanish government. The regional elites highly support an union it Brazil but most of the rebels were loyal to the junta, the price know of the turmoil south of his lands and offered a formation of a protectorate in the region to the viceroy now exiled in south Brazil, an army of 10.000 men is send to retake Montevideo from the rebels, the Battle for Uruguay in 1811 is a major defeat for the junta that is now divided between two rival factions, the Centralists led by Rivadavia supporting a centralized government in Buenos Aires and the Federalists led by Artigas supporting the autonomy of the provincial governments.

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Brazilian Troops sent to Montevideo

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Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Viceroy of Río de la Plata​
 
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