At the request of The British, we will see a little about the Industrialization of Brazil in the Second Reign.

Creator of thread: @DollyyySFC
Version in Portuguese in the profile of: @Monarquiando

For starters, we should know who was the main businessman of Imperial Brazil. Irineu Evangelista de Souza, the Baron of Mauá. Mauá was born on 28 December 1813 and died on 21 October 1889. Great Brazilian in the Empire!

Mauá in 1878 declared bankruptcy when in 1875 he suspended payments from Banco Mauá for insolvency. Many say it was a conflict between Mauá and Peter II, but that's a lie. Mauá wanted to capitalize on Brazil, and did so, but for the mistakes.

From the Empire that would betray him, it wasn't so good. What mistakes would those be? Slavery, Rural Elite and competing countries.

José Bonifácio already warned that for a country to grow, it was necessary to abolish slavery, and was really certain of it, and Brazil proved the worst.

Way. The Rural Elite was opposed to the Industrialization of Brazil, because they would lose the elite position, since they were only elite for sustaining the Brazilian economy, at the base of the Café. On the other hand, slavery, entering the black population into the market.

Could bring great.

Changes. Capitalism works for competition. The more competition, the better it would be for Brazilian industrialization and capital ingression in society.

On the other hand, neighboring countries would prefer slave Brazil, and saw mauá with bad eyes because they had already abolished slavery and were industrializing, but they did not want to have Brazil as another competitor.

These were the main reasons for Mauá's brakes on Brazilian industrialization. Among Mauá's actions for Brazilian economic growth were: Creation of shipyards and foundries, companies and telegraph lines, railways, gas lighting, urban transport.

And other advances for the time. Mauá had banks both in Brazil and abroad. At the beginning of Baron's career, he traveled to England, where the First Industrial Revolution exploded, and in the mid-19th century, the second was being created.

Mauá when going to England, ends up coming into contact with a society of urbanization and English revolution (Nothing like secret society, as deMolay or Illuminati) and delights with them. Returning to Brazil, asks for a loan for a foundry in Niterói that has been transformed.

In a shipyard. The Brazilian State also liked Mauá's ideas and wanted to help him by creating the "Tarifa Alves Branco", which increased tax on imported products, encouraging national production, showing that Brazil could go very far with it.

Ah if Isabel were Empress...
Mauá with Pedro II, still managed to build an underwater telegraph network connecting Brazil to Europe, a great feat for the time.

That was the thread about Mauá and industrialization. I hope you like it. Just for show.

This thread is intended for Englishmen who have asked @Monarquiando to do it!