Which conspirator of the 1789 Minas Gerais plot [Inconfidência Mineira] was executed on 21 April 1792?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Tiradentes
- Step 1: The plot opposed heavy Portuguese taxes on gold. Step 2. Tiradentes was hanged, and 21 April is a national holiday. Answer: Tiradentes. Why not the others: The others were not executed for the Minas plot.
Practise more Brazilian History and Politics.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Brazilian General Knowledge mock tests.
More Brazilian History and Politics questions
- In which year did the Portuguese fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral reach the coast of present-day Brazil?
- Which European country ruled Brazil as a colony until 1822?
- The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly found lands between which two crowns?
- The country's name comes from which tree, prized by the Portuguese for its red dye?
- Which city became the first capital of colonial Brazil in 1549?
- In which year was the colonial capital moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro?