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State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro

State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro

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The State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro (Portuguese: Estado do Grão-Pará e Rio Negro) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire.

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History

The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the Secretary of the State for Joseph I of Portugal.[1]

The state was created because of the economic success of the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo split that state into two states, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí, thinking that this would cause even better economic conditions, though the state split would prove a failure.

In 1775, due to economical issues in Belém and São Luis, both the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí were merged into the State of Brazil, formally unifying Portuguese America into one colony. However, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro would remain autonomous of the Brazilian colonial government until 1823, when it would formally join the Empire of Brazil[2]

References

  1. [1]
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  2. [2]
    Abreu e Lima, José Ignácio de (1845). Synopsis ou deducção chronologica dos factos mais notaveis da historia do Brazil [Synopsis or chronologial deduction of the most notable facts of the history of Brazil]. Brazil: M. F. de Faria. p. 448. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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