FROM THE PORTO REVOLUTION TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE EMPIRE OF BRAZIL: TRAJECTORY AND INFLUENCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CÁDIZ ON PORTUGUESE-BRAZILIAN LIBERALISM

Abstract

The Porto Revolution, in 1820, is one of the central events in the history of Brazil and Portugal. The revolution started the movements that would lead Portugal to write its Constitution, demand the return of Dom João VI and, with the animosity between the kingdoms, the independence of Brazil. During this period, the Constitution of Cadiz was an important liberal symbol, it served as an inspiration for the writing of constitutions across Europe and the Americas, and was used in various political movements. In addition to being liberal, it represented a specific form of separation of powers that emerged in revolutionary France, and the application of this model of empowered parliament in relation to the monarchy was decisive for many events of great repercussion in Portugal, Brazil, as well as in Spain itself. This study seeks to show, in the midst of events, the political moments, laws and social movements in which the Constitution is used or influences events. Among them are the first liberal elections in Brazil, its adoption in Brazil on April 21, 1821, the adoption of the provincial system and, finally, the influences on the Constitution of the Empire of Brazil of 1824.