Cabanagem

The Cabanagem is a social revolt that occurs in the province of Grão-Pará, Brazil.

Among the causes for this revolt are the extreme poverty of the Paraese people and the political irrelevance to which the province had been relegated after the independence of Brazil.The name "Cabanagem" refers to the type of hut used by the poorest people living next to streams, principally mestizos, freed slaves, and indigenous people.

The elite agriculturists of Grão-Pará, while living much better, resent their lack of participation in the central government's decision-making, which is dominated by the provinces of the Southeast and Northeast.

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