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| • | Support
for the monarchy waned. |
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| • | A
long war against Paraguay brought the military |
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politics, and state quarrels with the church |
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them into the opposition. |
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| • | Planters
turned away from slavery to positivist |
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| • | The
Republican Party, formed in 1871, won wide |
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and a coup replaced the monarchy by a |
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| republic
in 1889. |
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| • | However,
Social and political problems caused by |
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| modernization
remained unresolved. |
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