Revolts such as the Cabanagem in Pará…

Revolts such as the Cabanagem in Pará in 1835, and such others to follow as the Sabinada in Salvador in 1837-38, the Balaiada Rebellion in Maranhão in 1838-41, and the ones in Minas Gerais and São Paulo in 1842, are propelled simultaneously by antiregency and promonarchial sentiments.

Thus begins the confrontation between the national government and the splintering pátrias, which is to continue in varying degrees for the next century.

The Cabanagem of 1835-1840 is one of the eight of the more famous revolts in the 1834-49 period that includes the participation of lower-class people, Indians, free and runaway blacks, and slaves, which accounts for their often fierce suppression.