Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil

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The Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil was the long imperial period (1840–1889) during which Emperor Dom Pedro II consolidated Brazil as a stable, centralized constitutional monarchy and oversaw significant political, economic, and cultural development until the monarchy’s fall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
reign
capital Rio de Janeiro
causeOfEnd military coup leading to Proclamation of the Republic
continent South America
country Empire of Brazil
culturalCharacteristic emergence of Brazilian national identity discourse
patronage of arts and sciences
rise of Brazilian Romanticism
currency Brazilian real (imperial)
economicCharacteristic beginnings of industrialization
expansion of coffee economy
growth of export-oriented agriculture
endDate 1889
endEvent Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil
foreignPolicyOrientation closer relations with France
closer relations with the United Kingdom
regional hegemony in the Río de la Plata
goldenLawDate 1888
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
headOfState Pedro II of Brazil
historicalSignificance consolidation of Brazil’s territorial integrity
formation of a centralized national state
transition from slave-based to free labor system
infrastructureDevelopment expansion of railways
expansion of telegraph network
modernization of ports
keyAbolitionLaw Golden Law
linked to: Lei Áurea

Law of the Free Womb
Sexagenarian Law
language Portuguese
legislature General Assembly of the Empire of Brazil
lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies of the Empire of Brazil
majorConflict Paraguayan War
Platine War
linked to: Platine Wars

Uruguayan War
War of the Triple Alliance
linked to: Paraguayan War
monarch Pedro II of Brazil
notableCrisis Abolitionist Question (Questão Abolicionista)
Military Question (Questão Militar)
Religious Question (Questão Religiosa)
notablePoliticalParty Conservative Party (Brazilian Empire)
Liberal Party (Brazilian Empire)
Progressive Party (Brazilian Empire)
Republican Party (Brazil, imperial period)
politicalCharacteristic alternation of Conservative and Liberal cabinets
relative internal stability compared to Regency period
strengthening of central authority over provinces
politicalSystem parliamentary monarchy
predecessorPeriod Regency period in Brazil
regentOrHeirInvolved Princess Isabel of Brazil
religiousPolicy state control over Catholic Church (Padroado)
socialChange gradual abolition of slavery
startDate 1840
startEvent Declaration of Pedro II’s majority
successorRegime First Brazilian Republic
upperHouse Senate of the Empire of Brazil

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Regency period in Brazil followedBy Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil
Majority coup of 1840 followedBy Second Reign of Pedro II
linked to: Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil
Single Regency of Pedro de Araújo Lima followedBy Early Majority of Pedro II
linked to: Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil
Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil startEvent Declaration of Pedro II’s majority
linked to: Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil
Councilor of State of the Empire of Brazil associatedWithPeriod Second Reign of the Empire of Brazil
linked to: Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil
Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga historicalEra Second Reign of the Empire of Brazil
linked to: Second Reign of Pedro II of Brazil