Brazilian here. We had several major conflicts where armies from different states fought each other, tried to take the government, or proclaim independence. We call it all rebellions, it helps sell to ourselves the idea that we are peaceful people with a peaceful history.
Brazil unfortunately has a long tradition of burning its own history and sweeping shit under the rug, just look at how most slave revolts are taught in schools - with almost no details. The Quilombo dos Palmares was a collection of several town-sized holdings, but kids are led to believe that it was just this single place that, one day, just lost a big fight and that was it.
Then there’s the whole story behind Uruguay’s independence which we are not taught at all, despite the country at one time being Brazilian territory (Cisplatina), and how the Paraguay War is taught with barely a page of cause and effect in school books.
Brazilian here. We had several major conflicts where armies from different states fought each other, tried to take the government, or proclaim independence. We call it all rebellions, it helps sell to ourselves the idea that we are peaceful people with a peaceful history.
Brazil unfortunately has a long tradition of burning its own history and sweeping shit under the rug, just look at how most slave revolts are taught in schools - with almost no details. The Quilombo dos Palmares was a collection of several town-sized holdings, but kids are led to believe that it was just this single place that, one day, just lost a big fight and that was it.
Then there’s the whole story behind Uruguay’s independence which we are not taught at all, despite the country at one time being Brazilian territory (Cisplatina), and how the Paraguay War is taught with barely a page of cause and effect in school books.
And the Bandeirantes were heroic adventurers and jungle explorers.