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The Mascate War (Portuguese: ''Guerra dos Mascates''), also known as the War of the Peddlers, was a conflict fought between two rival mercantile groups in colonial Brazil from 1710 to 1711. On one side were landowners and sugar mill owners concentrated in Olinda. On the other were Portuguese traders in Recife, pejoratively called peddlers. == Background == :''For history 1580-1640, see Iberian Union :''For history 1630-1654, see Dutch Brazil'' Until the mid-17th century, Olinda was the main city of Pernambuco, where the plantation owners lived. The region's economy was dependent on the agro-manufacture of sugar. A lack of capital to invest in crops, equipment and manpower (slaves), combined with the declining price of sugar due to competition from the West Indies, caused a crisis. In an effort to resolve this, the sugar planters of Olinda began to borrow money from traders from the village of Recife. At that time, the Portuguese traders called peddlers living in Recife agreed to lend money to the planters at Olinda but charged very high interest rates for these loans, which resulted in the Olindeses falling further into debt. Gradually, hatred and conflicts arose.. Aware of Recife's economic importance, traders asked king of Portugal that the village be elevated to town status. In February 1709, shortly after receiving the Royal Charter which declared it a town, traders opened the pillory and the town hall. Thus Recife was formally separated from Olinda, the seat of captaincy. Economically dependent on Portuguese merchants, the landowners did not accept the Pernambuco political-administrative emancipation of Recife, before then a village subject to Olinda. The emancipation of Recife was seen as an aggravating the situation of local landowners (debtors) before the bourgeoisie Portuguese (creditors), which by this mechanism put them at the level of political equality. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mascate War」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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