In another post I gave a
concise summary of the occasions paving the way to the Brazil Independence day - 7 September,1822. On this notable day, Dom Pedro I proclaimed Brazil an autonomous country,
purportedly tearing the Portuguese symbol from his uniform and swearing:
"By my blood, by my respect and by God: I will influence Brazil to
free!." He announced the official saying, now known as the Grito do
Ipiranga: Independência ou Morte. This expression is of high repute to my heart
as it echoes the American General John Stark's well known words: "Live
free amazing," the official witticism of my home state (New Hampshire),
and the most celebrated of all American state proverbs.
Brazilian freedom was
hard-battled, and unquestionably did not happen on the seventh of September.
The Portuguese pilgrim powers still must be compelled to pull back from the
Americas, to which end Dom Pedro I employed British maritime administrator
Admiral Thomas Cochrane.
Brazil was perceived
universally as a sovereign country on August 29, 1825. In 1889, Dom Pedro I's
successor, his child Dom Pedro II, finished his rule as ruler and Brazil was
broadcasted a Republic.
