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Amerigo Vespucci's Personal Account shaped the way most Eurepeans viewed the natives.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas, which granted the Portuguese a huge portion of the new world and Africa.
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When the Portuguese first arrived, there were about 7 million natives. That number has severely reduced.
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The first portuguese colony was established in Sao Vicente.
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Jesuits were allowed to settle in Brazil
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The Colonist Cane Farms began to grow rapidly.
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There was a new king in Portugal, who decided to make the coast safe for sugar plantations. This lead to bushing indians further away.
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Peasant immigrants were being sent to Brazil.
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The diseases brought to the new world killed about half the population by this point.
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They began to bring African slaves to Brazil.
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These black slaves were firmly established as the labor force.
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Jesuits began to move eastward in order to build more missions
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Brazil became the largest sugar producer in the world.
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African slave fugitives began to increase.
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The Dutch invated this Portuguese territory
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The Dutch brought technological advances to the production of sugar.
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Father Vieira spoke out against the treatment of the native population.
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The Colonists deported Father Vieira from Brazil.
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By this year, the entire native community was divided into Missions.
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The Brazilian gold rush. Many left sugar plantations in persuit of gold.
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One of the most brutal uprising occured, which was lead by native Ajuricaba.