>>212121956Paraná was one of the first territories conquered by the bandeirantes after the expedition that expelled the Spaniards and their Guarani allies from Guayrá led by Manuel Preto and Raposo Tavares. Paraná spent 225 years as part of São Paulo, being the last state to be dismembered from São Paulo, only gaining independence in 1853 as a punishment to São Paulo for its involvement in the revolts of 1842. Paraná was part of the Peabiru, one of the main routes of the bandeirantes. During this same period, the state's coastline also developed as a mining center for the caiçaras from São Vicente, with Paranaguá later becoming one São Paulo's main port.
With the defeat of the Paulistas in the War of the Emboabas and their subsequent expulsion from the central region of Minas Gerais, Paraná once again became a target for the bandeirantes, who at this point became tropeiros, so Campos Gerais and Curitiba experienced rapid settlement by colonists from Sorocaba. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the northern part of the state was colonized by cattle ranchers and their families from western São Paulo.
I'm not baiano btw, I belong to the Caipira race of Raposo Tavares, Anhanguera nad Fernão Dias.