Kodutöö word variant 9 teema 19
Manuel II of
Portugal become the new king, but was eventually overthrown by the 5 October 1910
revolution, which abolished the regime and instated republicanism in Portugal. Political
instability and economic weaknesses were fertile ground for chaos and unrest during the
Portuguese First Republic. These conditions would lead to the failed Monarchy of the North,
the 28 May 1926 coup d'état, and the creation of the National Dictatorship (Ditadura
Nacional).
This in turn led to the establishment of the right-wing dictatorship of the Estado Novo under
António de Oliveira Salazar in 1933. Portugal was one of only five European countries to
remain neutral in World War II. From the 1940s to the 1960s, Portugal was a founding
member of NATO, OECD and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Gradually, new
economic development projects and relocation of mainland Portuguese citizens into the
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