Revolution- A rapid and massive fundamental change that changes the society to the core, political, social, or economically.
On this day, October 5th, 1910 the last king of Portugal stepped down and went into exile with the along with the rest Royal family from a Revolution. A revolution that started on the 3rd with the army going against their orders to take over warships anchored in the Tagus river. Instead of putting down a mutiny on the warships they set up posts around Lisbon. The following day the exact warships started to lay down fire on the Palace of Necessidades(the Kings palace), after that the king went and got his mother and grandmother and fled on a yacht to Oporto, when they got there they realized that the revolution was taking over there, where they were forced into exile and arrived in England.
The revolution led to the first Republican party that was placed in Portugues, on October 5th, 1910, as well as a president, Teófilo Braga. This revolution ended the monarchy and began a parliment that stated less presidential power and two chambers of congress. It led to two conservative republican parties like Evolutionist party and republican union. As well as clientelist party that behalved the monarchy. The revolution lasted for 16 years before there was another throw over the government.
A revolution can do alot of things, even overpower a government, it just matters how much heart is put behind it. The military that did the initial move and set up around Lisburn had no clue that there actions were going to even work, infact they were very scared. But little did they know, it started something that changed the society DOWN TO THE CORE in just a few days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution
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