Emerged in Portugal, in 1820, in the city of Porto, manifestations of a revolutionary character with liberal proposals, and which soon gained greater proportions, dispersing to several other locations in Portuguese territory.
The purpose of this movement was to seek freedom from English subordination within Portugal, the English forces remained in the country since the expulsion of the French. As the royal family was not in Portugal, the administration was in charge of Commander Beresford, an English general who was considered Lord Protector of Portugal.
As a result of several years of conflicts provoked by the occupation of Napoleon's troops, profound consequences arose in the country's economy, leaving it in total bankruptcy, as a result of the large expenses with the war against the French.
Another determining factor was linked to the local industrial sector, which had commercial limitations and could not compete with products imported from England, which were of superior quality and at more affordable prices.
In addition, commercial relations with the American colony were no longer economically viable, as the ports owned by them were ready for the use of England and other allied forces.
Ancient people settled since the middle of the third millennium BC. in the foothills bordered by the eastern Taurus chain and the northern Zagros mountains, in upper Mesopotamia. Their language, as in the case of the Sumerians and the Elamites , did not belong to the Semitic or Indo-European g