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History of Brazil

By Nathan_Chopsticks
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    1500-1700

  • Apr 1, 1500

    Pedro Cabral Claims Brazil

    Pedro finds brazil and claims it for Portugal.
  • Jan 15, 1532

    A expedition led by Martim Afonso De Sousa

    He guards the coast of Brazil, Ban the French, and making Colonial Villages
  • Jan 1, 1549

    Tome de Sousa Sailed to brazil to make a Central Government

    He brought along Jesuits who set up missions
  • Jan 1, 1550

    Sugar Cane Farms

    They tried to enslave the natives but that didn't work as well, and they inported Africian slaves, but hey at least Portugal now has more sugar
  • Jan 1, 1555

    in 1555 French Grabs a harbor and city

    Two years later, Portugal regains control and establishes the city of Rio de Janeiro.

  • Dutch Run away from Brazil like cowards

    After several war of war the Dutch ran away like cowards

  • Le Gold

    Gold was discovered in Brazils interior
  • Period: to

    1770-1850

  • Portugal Gives up Colonia do Sacramento

    Lost war, lost de Land

  • Coffee introduced to Brazil

    They got COFFEE

  • MINAS Conspiracy FAILS LOL

    The Minas Conspiracy a group of Revolutionists Failed

  • NAPOLIAN INVADES PORTUGAL

    John VI flees to Brazil with Pedro

  • Brazil joins Portugal

    Brazil joins Portugal and becomes part of the Portuguese Kingdom

  • Pedro Declares Independenance

    Pedro says No Way to the Cortes and stays in Brazil

  • Pedro Writes First Brazil Constitution

    Pedro writes a Constitution
  • Period: to

    1850-1950

  • Triple Alliance War

    aka the Paraguay war

  • Slavery STILL

    Slavery was still Permitted in Brazil

  • May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil by Dom Pedro II

    Some 4 Million slaves had been imported the most in the western hemisphere.

  • Nov 15th ib Rio de Janeiro, Dom Pedro II was overthrown ;-;

    His military officers establish a Republic

  • the Rio de Janeiro 98-foot statue of christ was unveiled

    The statue was made for there aniversery of 100 years of indapendance

  • Brazilian Women can vote now

    Women really didn't have many rights until now

  • Brazil declares war on Axis Powers

    They were the only South Americian country to send troops into battle

  • Vargas is Deposed

    Vargas is deposed by the military

  • Vargas is democratically elected at president

    Vargas starts to indusrialize the nation
  • Period: to

    1950-Present

  • Vargas Faced another Coup

    He declared that he would "Only leave the Presidential Office Dead"

  • from 1763 to 1960 De Janeiro was the Capaital but was moves in 1960

    In order to centralize the power and not favor a region the capital was moved to Brasilia

  • in 1964 there was another coup

    There was a slow move to liberal democracy but guess what in 1964 theres another coup

  • in 1985 a civilian goverment was restored

    This was the begging of a New Republic

  • in 1989 the first elections for presdent by direct popular vote

    Currently six presidential terms have taken place

  • in 2010 the Dilma Rousseff was elected

    Dilma Rousseff is the first brazilalian president