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Republic of Acre

1899 – 1903
Sovereign stateSouth America

A short-lived secessionist republic proclaimed three times (1899, 1900, 1903) by rubber-boom settlers, mostly Brazilian migrants, in Bolivia's remote Acre territory; the third and most organized uprising, led by José Plácido de Castro, defeated Bolivian forces before Brazil absorbed the territory.

Dissolved in 1903 when Brazil, having brokered the settlers' victory over Bolivia, annexed Acre outright via the Treaty of Petrópolis (negotiated by the Baron of Rio Branco), making it Brazilian territory (later the State of Acre) rather than an independent state.

Borders in 1899 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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