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Flag map of the Empire of Brazil: Date: 26 January 2012, 02:37 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg: Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg: Author: File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg; File:Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay until the latter achieved independence in 1828. The empire's government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II .
The land now known as Brazil was claimed by the Portuguese for the first time on 23 April 1500 when the Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. Permanent settlement by the Portuguese followed in 1534, and for the next 300 years they slowly expanded into the territory to the west until they had established nearly all of the frontiers which constitute modern Brazil's borders.
The provinces of Brazil were the primary subdivisions of the country during the period of the Empire of Brazil (1822 – 1889). [1]On February 28, 1821, the provinces were established in the Kingdom of Brazil (then part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves), superseding the captaincies that were in place at the time.
Flag of the Second Empire of Brazil, with 20 stars, representing the new provincies of Rio Negro (1850, later Amazonas) and Paraná (1853), furthermore the loss of the province of Cisplatina (1828). Reformed standard according to this book, an official publication of the government of Brazil, on page 74 .
The draft also stated that only free men in Brazil would be considered Brazilian citizens, and not slaves who might be freed, unlike the promulgated document. [15] The separation of the three powers was planned, with the executive being under the authority of the Emperor, but the responsibility for his actions resting with the ministers of state.
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Empire of Brazil at its maximum extent (1822-1828), including Cisplatina Province (orthographic projection) Portuguese Império do Brasil (em verde) durante sua extensão máxima (1822–1828), incluindo a Província Cisplatina, atual Uruguai.