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When
João VI returned to
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Portugal
to deal with a
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liberal
revolution he left his
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son
Pedro as regent.
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When
it became clear that
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Brazil
was to return to
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colonial
status, Pedro
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declared
its independence
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in
1822 and became the
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constitutional
emperor,
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Pedro
I.
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