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BRAZIL

BRAZIL. A UNIQUE LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation. RATIO OF WOMEN:MEN IN COLONIES. PURITAN NEW ENGLAND 1.5:1. COLONIAL BRAZIL 10:1. Emigrated in family groups.

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BRAZIL

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  1. BRAZIL A UNIQUE LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

  2. The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation

  3. RATIO OF WOMEN:MEN IN COLONIES • PURITAN NEW ENGLAND • 1.5:1 • COLONIAL BRAZIL • 10:1 Emigrated in family groups. Brazil becomes a mixture of Portuguese, Indio and African people and cultures

  4. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

  5. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  6. Recently uncovered former slave market in Rio de Janeiro

  7. QUILOMBOS • Settlements of runaway slaves and others – as many as 2,000 throughout Brazil • Palmares “Republic” – lasted almost 70 years, resisted conquest under Zumbi

  8. SUGAR DECLINES; NEW ECONOMY BASED ON COFFEE GROWING

  9. 1. Brazil Freed from Portugal • The Portuguese royal family escaped Napoleon by fleeing to Brazil. • Pedro I set up a new, independent kingdom in 1821 when his father returned to Portugal. • Pedro II assumed full power after Pedro I abdicated his throne.

  10. Slaves liberated 1888 – Brazil is the last major country to do so

  11. Emperor overthrown! Republic proclaimed! 1889 – Run by Progressive military officers

  12. GOVERNMENT WANTS BRAZIL TO CATCH UP! With Coffee economy, Brazil’s center shifts from tropical Northeast to temperate South – around Rio and Sao Paolo

  13. IMMIGRATION • European immigrants eagerly sought for work force, particularly in South.

  14. IMMIGRATION

  15. European-style cities like Rio and Sao Paolo grow

  16. Twentieth Century - Development • 1930s & ‘40s – expanding federal power – national companies established • 1950s and ‘60s – New industries established under a democratic government • 1960 capital is moved to Brasilia, a newly-built city in the interior • 1964-1987 – military dictatorship

  17. FARMING THE SAVANNAS • Agricultural research institute

  18. RANCHING THE RAIN FOREST

  19. SOCIAL JUSTICE • Vast poverty in Northeast • Landless movement • Workers’ Party

  20. FAVELAS

  21. LANDLESS MOVEMENT – connection to old quilombos

  22. SOCIAL JUSTICE • Workers’ Party – leftist party started in late 1970s – leads opposition to military dictatorship • Luis Lula DaSilva – charismatic – elected president 2004; reformer • Leads Brazil to international respect

  23. BRIC Countries – Large, high-growth economies H

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