In Brazil, kings and emperors ruled over their kingdoms highly and created many different things that were influenced by philosophers, according to this, the philosophy ideas lead to a Brazilian Revolution.

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  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes
    Thomas Hobbes created a social contract that influenced the Brazilian Revolution greatly by giving the people the right to have their own beliefs and freedom and protection by the state.

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    John Locke thought that all the Brazilian people deserved three natural rights, those three natural rights involved life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    Montesquieu thought that the government should be separated and have different tiers relating to their power. The Brazilians then created a government with different sections so that the people could also have a say in things like the law and their rights. With that being created, the laws could get passed from one part of the government to the next to either be made a law or to be denounced.

  • Voltaire

    Voltaire
    Voltaire helped influence the Brazilian Revolution by giving them an idea that the people all deserved a freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and that church should be separated from state. The people during this revolution were very religious and had several religious beliefs that helped set ties during the revolution.

  • King Dom Joao VI

    King Dom Joao VI
    King Dom Joao VI had begun residing in Brazil, making it a kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarve.

  • King Dom Joao VI

    King Dom Joao VI
    King Dom Joao VI gave his son authority to run Brazil if the king had left or died.

  • Karl Marx

    Karl Marx
    Karl Marx stated that everyone, no matter their color or gender, deserved their rightful pay for the labor they did. After stating his mind, he was then sent into exile until his death. The Brazilians eventually gave everyone their rightful pay on what everyone else thought they deserved for their work.

  • Constitutional Revolution

    Constitutional Revolution
    Portugal had a Constitutional Revolution, caused by liberal constitutionals, which led to a demand of King Dom Joao VI to return. The people weren't being represented.

  • King Dom Joao VI

    King Dom Joao VI
    King Dom Joao VI eventually left Brazil for his son to run, which also caused newly elected Prince Regent, Dom Pedro, to return to Portugal.

  • Dom Pedro

    Dom Pedro
    Dom Pedro went to Sao Paulo and pledged his loyalty to the Brazilian cause.

  • Dom Pedro's Ruling

    Dom Pedro's Ruling
    Brazil was announced independent. Dom Pedro then told huis people to remove the blue and white bands on their arms, which symbolized ties with the motherland, then he said, "Hail to the independence, to the freedom and to the separation of Brazil. For my blood, my honour, my God, I swear to give Brazil freedom. Independence or death!"

  • Prince Pedro

    Prince Pedro
    Prince Pedro was then named Dom Pedro I, Perpetual Defender and Constitutional Emperor of Brazil.

  • Works Cited

    Meyer, Amelia. “Brazil.org.za.” Portuguese Colonisation Of Brazil, 1 Jan. 1970, www.brazil.org.za/independence.html.
    Landry, Lauryn. “The Brazilian Revolution (1820-1822).” Prezi.com, 19 Mar. 2013, prezi.com/mdrsgvucfmqe/the-brazilian-revolution-1820-1822/.

  • Works Cited II

    “About.” The Brazilian Revolution - Home, brazilianrevoltwhap.weebly.com/about.html.
    Boundless. “Boundless World History.” Lumen, Open SUNY Textbooks, courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-worldhistory/chapter/brazilian-independence/.
    “OER Resources by Discipline.” Google Docs, Google, docs.google.com/a/students.highline.edu/document/d/1S_bnqPAf-w8BiairggfTaAtn74jRnxgQmyS3cM_MsJY/edit?usp=sharing#!