ABSTRACT
This article analyzes the insertion of the captaincy/province of Santa Catarina in the Platine context during the Brazilian independence process, notably between the arrival of the royal family and the first half of the 1820s. The argument developed is that a regional block of provinces was supported by social, economic, and political similarities that linked the fate of the different provincial political units in the south of Portuguese America. It should be noted that Santa Catarina felt the reflexes of the Luso-American disputes in the south of the American continent, which created a specific dynamic of the circulation of people and information in the areas almost intermittently in dispute. For this, official documents were consulted, as well as memories and other unofficial documents that allow an approach to the Brazilian independence process from the perspective of Military History.
Keywords:
Army; Border; Independence; Platinum Region; Santa Catarina