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Explorer Pedro Cabral lands in Brazil and claims it for Portugal
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This marks the first Portuguese settlements in Brazil
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Brought along Jesuits, who set up missions
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Two years later, Portugal regains contol and establishes the city of Rio de Haneiro
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Began to import slaves from Africa
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After several years of war with Portuguese the Dutch withdrew
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WAAAHOOOO!!!!!
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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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John VI flees to Brazil with his family including his son Pedro.
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The Kingdom was 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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Pedro II was 6 years old when he became king
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South America's War of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina Brazil and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay. Paraguay lost 90% of its adult male population.
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After the American Civil War some southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slavery was still permitted.
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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 15th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a Republic.
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Oct 12th the Rio de Janeiro 98 foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unviled 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 22nd Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. They were the only South American county to send combat troops into Europe.
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In, 1945, Vargas is deposed by the military in a surprise coup.
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He declared that he would only leave the Presidential Palace dead.
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In 1950 Vargas is democratically elected as President.
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Vargas announces a plan to industrialize the nation and nationalize the countries natural resources.
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In order to centralize the power and not favor a region, the capital is moved to Brasilia in 1960
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Humberto Castelo Branco who from 1964 to 1967 served as the military dictator
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This was the beginning of the New Republic
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In 1989 first elections for president by direct popular vote since the military coup were held
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In 2010, Dilma Rousseff was elected, the first woman in Brazilian history to become president.