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pedro cabral claims bazil--
Explorer pedro cabral lands
in brazil and claims it for portugal -
pedro cabral claims bazil--
Explorer pedro cabral lands
in brazil and claims it for portugal -
in 1549, tome de sousa sailed to brazil to establish a cemtral government de sousa brought along jesuit, who set up missions
saved many natives from slavery, studied native languaes, and convert many natives to roman catholicim -
in 1549, tome de sousa sailed to brazil to establish a cemtral government de sousa brought along jesuit, who set up missions saved many natives from slavery, studied native languaes, and convert many natives to roman catholicim
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in 1555 french forces occupy Rio dee janiro harbor
two years later , portugal regains control and establishes the city of rio de janeiro -
1530 an expedition
by martim Afonse de sousa
arrived in Brazil to patrol
the entire coast, ban the french create the first colonial villages like sao vicente on the coast
this marks the first portuguese settlements in Brazil -
mid 1500s
the first sugarcane farms were establish
at the portuguese tried to enslave the native population
after a while they gave up and began to import slaves from africa
while slavery has ended brazil is still the larges sugarcane producer in the world to day -
Portugal gives up Colonia do Sacramento the of Utrecht
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1654 dutch withdraw from Brazil
after several years of war with portugese the dutch withdrew -
1695 gold is discovered in Brazil interior
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France invades Portugal
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Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal
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Pedro writes first Brazilian costitution
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coffee introduced to brazil.
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minas conspiracy fails
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brazil becomes part of the Portuguese kingdom
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Coronation of Pedro II, son of Pedro I
Pedro II became king! -
1865-1870
South America’s War of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay.
The Triple Alliance believed Paraguay was undermining the region’s political stability. The war ended in crushing defeat of Paraguay with as much as 90% of its adult male population killed! -
May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil. Some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the western hemisphere.
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Nov 15th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a Republic.
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Brazilian women won the right to vote!
Women had long been without many rights, until lawyer Berta Lutz organized educated women to campaign for suffrage. -
Aug 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers.
They were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe. -
1865-1875
After the American Civil War, some southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slavery was still permitted. -
Oct 12th, the Rio de Janeiro
A 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain as a belated monument to 100 years of independence from Portugal (1822).
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in 1950 Vargas is democratically elected as President
Vargas announces a plan to industrialize the nation and nationalize the countries natural resources -
In 1954, Vargas faces another coup:
He realized a military coup was coming and that it would be bad—
so he resigned -
Vargas dies and brazil is saved for 10 yrs
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from 1763 to 1960 Rio de Janeiro was the capital
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this opened an era military dictatorships
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in 2010 the Dilma Rousseff was elected the first woman in Brazilian history to become president
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Vargas is deposed by the military in a surprise coup
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from 1763 to 1960 Rio de Janeiro was the capital
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in 1985 the civilian government was restored this was the beginning of the new republic