CHAPTER IV

JOÃO IV TO JOÃO VI (1640-1822 A.D.) 514

Alfonso VI, 516. Pedro II; João V, 519. The colonies decline, 521. The reign of José I, 522. The great minister Pombal, 523. The earthquake at Lisbon (November 1st, 1755), 525. Pombal and the Jesuits, 527. A plot to assassinate the king, 528. The exile of the Jesuits, 529. War with Spain, 530. Schlosser’s estimate of Pombal, 531. The new queen and reaction, 533. The regency and the French Revolution, 536. The invasion of the French, 537. The Throne moves to Brazil, 538. The Peninsula War, 539. Portugal an English province, 541. The revolt and recall of the king, 542. The loss of Brazil, 543.

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