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rio was taken over by the French but then was taken back by Portugal two years later and became Rio de Janeiro
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Gold was discoverd in Brazil. people came to Brazil to mine for goal so they could try and make a living for there family.
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Brazil was able to break away from Portugal. Then became a republican country. Pedro who later ecome the first empoiror of Brazil was the one to declare independace for Brazil
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slavery was finally stopped and was no longer aceptible in Brazil.
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coffee beocmes a big crop to grow and trade, peole began to grow and more coffee beans so they can create a living.
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Trans Amazonian highway project encourages settlement in the amazon and threatens the Natives. The highway would go throuht have done throught the Amazon tearing parts of th eland up.
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Over 100 world leader get together and have the first international earth summit and discuss ways to protect the environment
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Dilima Rousseff was the first women to be elected president in Brazil. She was the 36th president. Rousseff spoke agains military dictaatorship and was actually put in jail and tortured for it.
