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Jun 7, 1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain asserted all American lands west of a set line of longitude. Portugal asserted lands to the east and began colonizing Brazil. -
The Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil
The Portuguese royal family fled to Brazil is because of in 1807 Napoleon forced them to fled to Brazil. -
The arrival of the Portuguese
Portuguese want to replace native American, who is already in Brazil, they brought enslaved Africans to work on sugar can plantations and later in the gold and diamond mines of Minas Gerais. -
Brazil becomes an empire under Pedro I
The king of Portuguese returned to Portugal in 1821. His son, Pedro I, stayed in Brazil. In 1822, he professed that Brazil was no longer part of Portugal. He made himself emperor of an independent Brazil. -
Brazil becomes an independent republic
Coffee planters, who were politically powerful, wanted a republic. Meanwhile, abolitionists, people who wanted to freed to slave, were campaigning. Under the pressure from republicans and abolitionists, in 1888, all slaves were freed, and a year later, the empire ended, and a republic took its place. -
Dictator Getulio Vargas overthrows the government
When he become president, he brought many changes, such as giving women voting rights. -
Democracy restored
During the second half of the 1900s. government of Brazil was controlled mainly by dictators or the military. During this time, highways were built, and the new capital, Brasilia, was built. -
The FIFA World Cup in Brazil
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. -
The Olympic Games in Rio
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and commonly known as Rio 2016, was a major international multi-sport event holding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August to 21 August 2016.
