On 20 September 1835, General Bento Gonçalves captured the capital, Porto Alegre, beginning an uprising against the perceived unfair trade reinforced by the state government; the state president fled to the city of Rio Grande, two hundred kilometers to the south.
General Bento Gonçalves captured the capital beginning an uprising against the perceived unfair trade reinforced by the state government. This was on 20 September 1835. Porto Alegre was the capital. The state president fled to the city of Rio Grande to the south. Rio Grande was two hundred kilometers.