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Big in Brazil

Dive into Brazil's past, from the Treaty of Alcáçovas in 1479 to the legacy of slavery and the evolution of its economy. Discover how Brazil transitioned from relying on sugar plantations to embracing coffee and cattle industries, while also facing issues like racial discrimination. Experience the rich history that shaped Brazil into the vibrant nation it is today.

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Big in Brazil

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  1. Big in Brazil Miguel Ángel López Latin American Studies 2017

  2. Brazil

  3. Brazil

  4. Portugal - Spain

  5. Treaties Treaty of Alcáçovas 1479 Portugal: Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde Castilla: Canary Islands 1481Portugal: South Canary Islands  Africa Inter caetera 1493 Pope Alexander VI Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 World: Western part exclusive to Spain and the east part to Portugal. Treaty of Zaragoza 1529 Asia

  6. Treaty of Tordesillas

  7. Tordesillas

  8. Portugal- Vasco da Gama

  9. Portuguese Empire

  10. Spanish Empire (+ Iberian Union 1581-1640)

  11. King Manuel I of Portugal. An expedition to India. 13 ships left on March 9, 1500, following the route of Vasco da Gama. On April 22, 1500, he sighted land (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal and naming it the "Island of the True Cross.“ Brazil (pau brasil) Cabral stayed in Brazil for 10 days and then continued on his way to India

  12. Pedro Álvares Cabral

  13. Pedro Álvares Cabral22.4.1500

  14. Pau Brasil (Brazilwood)

  15. Slavery

  16. SUGAR CANE Portuguese cultivate sugar on the east coast of Brazil. Growing number of sugar plantations demanded more workers. Amerindian population had become smaller. Labor shortage  import slaves from Africa into Brazil to work on the plantations.

  17. Maroons  QUILOMBOS Maroons = escaped slaves Formed communities like those they were forced to leave in Africa  Quilombos Famous one: Palmares (1/2 1600)fought off several attempts by Portuguese and Dutch colonizers to destroy it. http://www.quilombocountry.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8lP-yg04U&feature=related BAHIA

  18. Tiradentes (1746 - 21.4.1792)José Joaquim da Silva Xavier

  19. Branqueamento Brazil  one of the last countries to end the slave trade and slavery. The Brazilian economy depended on African slave labor. 1850: Brazil abolished the trade in slaves in 1850 1888: All slaves in Brazil were set free. Racial discrimination. Branqueamento = Whitening  to make the people of Brazil more white, and less black. Brazil did not allow non-Europeans into the country. Cultural branqueamento.

  20. Decline of the sugar industry in the 17th century Portuguese colonizers operating on the coast of Brazil go inland they found gold and diamonds Photo: Sebastiao Salgado, 1986 Gold Mine of Serra Pelada, Federal State of Para.

  21. Cattle & Coffee

  22. ECONOMY, PERIODS A case: Soybean 1. timber (Pau Brasil) in the first years of colonization 2. sugarcane in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries 3. precious metals (gold) and gems (diamonds) in the eighteenth century; 4. coffee and cattle in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 5. land rich in natural resources principally iron ore, bauxite, manganese, nickel, uranium, gold, gemstones, oil, and timber.

  23. The Sambadrome (Sambódromo)

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