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By
the end of the 18th century
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Brazil
was Portugal’s most
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important
colonial possession.
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The
presence of a large slave
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population
tempered the elite’s
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thoughts
of independence.
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The
French invasion of Portugal
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in
1807 led the royal family and
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many
of the nobility to flee to
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Brazil.
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Rio
de Janeiro became the
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real
capital of the Portuguese
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empire.
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