First Brazilian Republic [SEP] dissolved or abolished
First Brazilian Republic
The First Brazilian Republic or República Velha (, "Old Republic") is the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The República Velha ended with the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that installed Getúlio Vargas as a dictator.
Overview.
On November 15, 1889 Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca deposed Emperor Dom Pedro II, declared Brazil a republic, and reorganized the government.
From 1889 to 1930, the government was a constitutional democracy, but democracy was nominal.
In reality, the elections
fashioned to appear as religious buildings from the outside. It also excluded slaves from Brazilian citizenship, by extending it to all people born in the Brazilian territory, if freeborn or freed.
Old Republic Constitution (1891).
Old Republic Constitution (1891) Background.
On November 15, 1889, the emperor Pedro II was deposed, Brazilian monarchy abolished and the 1824 Constitution was put out of effect. No provisional constitution was used while a definitive successor document was being written. The writing process began in 1889, by a