The independence of Brazil was not achieved through violent wars as with Spanish colonies, but rather through an unprecedented move not only in the history of Americas but in the history of colonial exploration. The Portuguese monarch had moved the throne to Brazil, to escape from the dangers of Napoleonic wars. Never before had a European monarch even set foot in a New World colony let alone settle in one as the focus of power. The relocation of the throne eventually led to Brazil's independence, this independence is much different from any other colony's independence because it was gained not through revolution or force, but from the throne's relocation.
A major factor in Brazil's independence was economics. The post 1750 economics of Portugal had been struggling to say the least, while Brazil was the world's richest source of gold and diamonds. Portugal assumed that its wine and olive oil trade would be secure to trade for manufactured goods, and at the same time they could rely on Brazil for its gold and diamond trade. This didn't exactly work as well as planned. The throne was said to have spent large sums of money on the maintenance of its court and the costly construction of new palaces and churches which left the economy in continuous deficit. Instead of raising the living standards in Portugal, the Brazilian gold and diamonds were needed in Portugal simply to keep the economy stable at home.
In 1750, control of all policies of the Portuguese crown went to Marquis de Pombal, who became de facto prime minister of Portugal and its colonies from 1750 to 1777. Pombal's main objective was to bring enlightened despotism to Portugal as a means of restoring its economic health. Enlightened despotism is an absolute monarch which uses the power of the crown to impose the most up to date administrative mechanisms and technology on the country for the welfare of everyone. However, there were three major factors which created difficulty in this task.
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She, along with others, led a society through a journey of truth. No other woman would fit this description except Sojourner Truth. ... (Sojourner Truth 1) She believed that He wanted her to take this name, which meant the journey to truth, and evangelize His word. ... (History-Sojourner 1) John Dumont was the slaveholder of Sojourner Truth. ... Truth yelled out, "Fredrick, is God gone?" ...
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