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History of Portugal; series
	Prehistoric Iberia Oestriminis and Ophiussa; Gallaeci, Lusitanians, Celtici, Cynetes; ; Carthaginian Iberia; Roman conquest of Hispania Second Punic War and Lusitanian War; ; Roman Hispania, Lusitania and Gallaecia; Suebic Kingdom and Visigothic Kingdom; Moorish rule and Reconquista; Asturian rule; Leonese rule First County of Portugal; County of Coimbra; Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal; Second County of Portugal; ; Kingdom of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy; Consolidation of the Monarchy; 1383–1385 Crisis; Discoveries; Portuguese Empire and its evolution; 1580 Crisis and the Iberian Union; Age of Enlightenment; Invasions, Liberalism and Civil War; Constitutional Monarchy; ; First Republic; Military dictatorship; Estado Novo (New State); Third Republic Carnation Revolution; Carnation Revolution to EEC; 1990s; 2000s; ;
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The Portuguese Third Republic is a period in the history of Portugal corresponding to the current democratic regime installed after the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974, that put an end to the paternal autocrat regime of Estado Novo of António de Oliveira Salazar and Marcello Caetano. It was initially characterized by constant instability and was threatened by the possibility of a civil war during they early post-revolutionary years. A new constitution was drafted, censorship was prohibited, free speech declared, political prisoners were released and major Estado Novo institutions were closed. Eventually the country granted independence to its African colonies and begun a process of democratization that led to the accession of Portugal to the EEC (today's European Union) in 1986.

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