Captaincy of Bahia

Target entity: Captaincy of Bahia
Context triple: [Siege of Salvador (1822–1823), location, Captaincy of Bahia]

• A. Captaincy of Pernambuco
  The Captaincy of Pernambuco was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil, centered on the lucrative sugar-producing region around present-day Recife and Olinda.
• B. Captaincy of Ceará
  The Captaincy of Ceará was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil that encompassed the territory of present-day Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
• C. União dos Palmares
  União dos Palmares is a historic Brazilian city best known as the region of the former Quilombo dos Palmares, a major community of escaped enslaved people and a symbol of Black resistance.
• D. Portuguese reconquest of Recife
  The Portuguese reconquest of Recife was the 1654 military campaign in which Portugal expelled Dutch forces from their main stronghold in Brazil, effectively ending Dutch colonial rule in the region.
• E. Portuguese America
  Portuguese America was the collective term for Portugal’s colonial possessions in the Americas, primarily encompassing the territory that later became Brazil.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Captaincy of Bahia
Target entity description: The Captaincy of Bahia was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil centered on the important coastal city of Salvador, which served as an early capital and key political, economic, and military hub in the region.

• A. Captaincy of Pernambuco
  The Captaincy of Pernambuco was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil, centered on the lucrative sugar-producing region around present-day Recife and Olinda.
• B. Captaincy of Ceará
  The Captaincy of Ceará was a colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil that encompassed the territory of present-day Ceará in northeastern Brazil.
• C. União dos Palmares
  União dos Palmares is a historic Brazilian city best known as the region of the former Quilombo dos Palmares, a major community of escaped enslaved people and a symbol of Black resistance.
• D. Portuguese reconquest of Recife
  The Portuguese reconquest of Recife was the 1654 military campaign in which Portugal expelled Dutch forces from their main stronghold in Brazil, effectively ending Dutch colonial rule in the region.
• E. Portuguese America
  Portuguese America was the collective term for Portugal’s colonial possessions in the Americas, primarily encompassing the territory that later became Brazil.
• F. None of above. chosen