Inconfidencia Mineira

Attempted revolution in South Brazil is led by Army Officer Joaquim de Silva Inspired by the 1776 North American independence, the Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the Inconfidencia Mineira whose aim was full independence from the Portuguese colonial power and to create a Brazilian republic , led by Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. When the plan was discovered, Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged.