In Portugal, Jesuits begin to be expelled from the country. This
results in part from the conspiracy of 1758, in which it was
rumoured that Jesuits had inside knowledge of the attempted royal
assassination by the Tavora family. Other contributing factors
include disputes in the New World about transfers of colonial
territory between Spain and Portugal, in which it appeared that the
Jesuits might be attempting to assert an independent empire of
their own.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Expulsion of Jesuits begins in Portugal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=17746, accessed 28 March 2024.]
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