Brazil 1889-2015

  • Civilian coup forced Pedro to abdicate. He sailed to England, leaving Brazil in the hands of Army General Manoel Deodoro de Fonseca.

  • Republic Years 1889-1930 was dominated by oligarchies

  • Republican Constitution created a duel federalist structure that abruptly terminated the Empire's centralized authority

  • General deodora da Fonseca attempts to overthrow congress. Gets ousted.

  • Nilo Pecanha becomes first person of mixed race origins to become President

  • cadets and young officers in Sao Paulo and Rio de Grande do Sul rose in revolt

  • Vargas takes control of government with coup

  • 1930 presidential campaign witnessed a split in the elite

  • state of sao paulo raised the flag of revolt against Vargas

  • Vargas adopts a more nationalistic stance

  • Vargas pledges return to Democracy

  • vargas gets ousted

  • Esatdo Novo comes into place

  • Vargas commits suicide, and a military coup takes over

  • Jucelino Kubitschek administration

  • Voters in 1963 restore the presidential system

  • Goulart becomes ousted and a military dictatorship takes over

  • Costa e Silva suffers a stroke and is replaced by another general

  • stage for full restoration of democracy was a constitution created in 1988