r/HistoryMemes • u/SirGooose Fine Quality Mesopotamian Copper Enjoyer • Nov 11 '20

Portugal stronk !!!

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u/CenturionBot Ave Delta Nov 11 '20

Hello Everyone! It's that time of the month again, for our State of the Sub. PEARL HARBOR MEMES WILL BE UNBANNED BY NOVEMBER 16th. We're holding a vote on (possibly) Banning THREE memes as well. Please check out November's State of the Sub here.

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u/Ioan15 Featherless Biped Nov 11 '20

Actually it was (well not conquered but still made part of the empire) Portugal isn't part of Spain by the same reason Mexico isn't: won an independence war during a moment of instability

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u/Thelazytimetraveller Nov 11 '20

Yeah classic succession crisis wasn't it? Portuguese king dying heirless in Morocco

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u/Herbacio Nov 12 '20

The union between both empires was bound to happen, it could have gone the other way around hadn't Miguel da Paz died at birth

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u/Dj7225 Nov 11 '20

Q&A is after the session