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Brazilian Independence. Aim: How was brazil’s liberation unique? how did it contrast from other independent movements in the region?
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Brazilian Independence Aim: How was brazil’s liberation unique? how did it contrast from other independent movements in the region? Common Core Social Studies Standard: RH.9-10.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
Agenda • —Do Now: Vocabulary- Write a sentence. • —Think- Write- Discuss • Mini Lesson on Colonial Brazil • —Reading & Question Activity • —Answer the Aim • —Homework: Create a chart due Friday & questions based on pages 687-691
Think-Write-Discuss • What sacrifices should political leaders be willing to make for the benefit of our entire society? Explain and give an example. What sacrifices can be made by our government to improve our country’s economy or restore American faith in government?
Brazil • While most of Latin America was at war with Spain for their independence, other European colonial powers were facing an end to their rule • Brazil had been under Portuguese control (they were the only Portuguese colony in the new world) • Brazil’s quest for independence differed from those of its neighbors • It occurred without violence or bloodshed • A member of the Portuguese royal family played a crucial role in the Independence of the country
Answer the Aim How was Brazil’s liberation unique? How did it contrast from other independent movements in the region?
Europe Faces Revolutions687-691 • How were the actions of the radicals contrary to their philosophy? • Was the election of Louis-Napoleon a victory for the radicals? Explain. • How did Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War push it toward political reform? • Were the peasants better off after the serfs were freed? Explain.