To distinguish itself from what the Reactionaries perceived as the "unruly" Liberals, sometime around 1843 (and certainly by 1844), the Reactionary Party became known as the "Partido da Ordem" (Party of Order) and its members as "saquaremas". Caxias increasingly identified himself with the "saquarema" ideology: liberalism, preservation of the authority of the state, and support for representative parliamentary monarchy. Although his move toward the "saquarema" camp was not clear at the time he accepted the appointment to put down the rebellion in Maranhão in 1839, his victory over the Liberal rebels in 1842 further solidified his allegiance to the Party of Order.