In compliance with the measures provided for in the Additional Act of 1834, elections were held for a new government to come to power. Overcoming the liberal competition, Diogo Antônio Feijó became regent with a total of 2,826 votes. The low number of voters reflected the political exclusion and lack of representation of political institutions at the time.
Even though it won a majority of the votes, Feijó's government was forced to resist several opposition demonstrations. Even moderate liberals, Feijó's natural allies, accused the government of tolerant and indecisive. In addition, Feijó's health problems put government stability at risk. During this same period, the interest in developing a coffee landholding structure intensified the participation of elites in political cadres.
The political trends of that time were now grouped between progressives, liberals, and the regressive, conservative-oriented party formed by large landowners, merchants and officials public. In Feijó's government, the dilemma of political representation and the centralization of powers opened space for the outbreak of different revolts.
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In 1835, the occurrence of Cabanagem in Pará and Farroupilha in Rio Grande do Sul expressed the tension between the different political interests of the time. liberal tendencies, the turmoil of the period strengthened the conservative wings that demanded the socio-political stability necessary to satisfy the interests of the agrarian elites in the parents.
Physically incapacitated and lacking consistent political support, Feijó decided to resign as regent in 1837. Before leaving office, he appointed the Pernambuco senator Pedro de Araújo Lima as the holder of the Ministry of the Empire. By taking this attitude, Feijó placed Araújo Lima as a direct substitute for the position of conductor.
By Rainer Sousa
Graduated in History
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SOUSA, Rainer Gonçalves. "Una de Feijó Regency"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/historiab/regencia-una-feijo.htm. Accessed on June 27, 2021.