The State of Maranhão and Piauí (

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: ''Estado do Maranhão e Piauí'') was one of the

states of the Portuguese Empire {{Unreferenced, date=May 2013 This is a list of territories of the Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), that at various times were officially called "states" (''estados''): * State of India (''Estado da Índia'') (1505–1961) *State of Br ...

History

The state was created in 1772 by order of

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (''Marquês de Pombal''; ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Por ...

, the Secretary of the State for

Joseph I of Portugal Dom Joseph I ( pt, José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho, ; 6 June 1714 – 24 February 1777), known as the Reformer (Portuguese: ''o Reformador''), was King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death in 1777. Among other acti ...

.Pará também nasceu de uma divisão
/ref> The state was created because of the economic success of the

State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão The State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão ( pt, Estado do Grão-Pará e Maranhão) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. History The state was created on 31 July 1751 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pomba ...

. Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo split that state into two states, the

State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro The State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro ( pt, Estado do Grão-Pará e Rio Negro) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. History The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the S ...

and the State of Maranhão and Piauí, thinking that this would cause even better economic conditions, though the state split would prove a failure. In 1775, due to the failure of the new state, both the

and the State of Maranhão and Piauí were merged into the

State of Brazil The State of Brazil ( pt, Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil. History In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Braz ...

, finally unifying

Portuguese America Portuguese America ( pt, América Portuguesa), sometimes called or Lusophone America in the English language, in contrast to Anglo-America, French America or Hispanic America, is the Portuguese-speaking community of people and their diaspora, n ...

into one colony.

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