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Cabral was the first European to discover Brazil. He claims Brazil for Portugal
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de Sousa was the commander of the first Portuguese exhibition and the first governor of Brazil.
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After a while, they gave up and began to import slaves from Africa.
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de Sousa was the first person to establish a central government in Brazil.
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But two years later, Portugal regains control and establishes the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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Starting in the late 1500s, the Dutch began some commercial sugar production in the Brazilian Northeast. After several years of war with
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WAAAHOOOO!!!!!
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Portugal gives up Colonia do Sacramento in the Treaty of Utecht.
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This wouldn't change much at first, but 100 years later, it would have a HUGE impact.
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The Minas Conspiracy was a group inspired by the U.S. Revolution. These Brazilians wanted to become independent of Portugal. Sadly they failed.
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Jhon VI flees to Brazil with his family including his son Pedro.
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Called: The United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves.
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Pedro Refused to obey the Cortes. He said: "Tell the people that I am staying."
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After the American Civil War, some southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slaverwas still permitted.
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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.
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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 15, In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a republic.
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In order the centralize the power and not favor a region, the capital is moved to Brasilia in 1960
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Oct 12, The Rio de Janeiro 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain as a belated monument to 100 years of independence from Portugal (1822). It was designed by Brazilian artist Carlos Oswald and French sculptor Paul Landowski.
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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.
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Aug 22, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. They were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe.
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There was a slow move to liberal democracy, but in 1964, the military finally pulled off their coup
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This was the beginning of the new republic.
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