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colonial years?
1500-1822
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Empire years?
1822- 1889
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First Republic
1889-1930
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Portuguese discovery?
22nd April 1500 by Pedro Alvarez Cabral
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early immigration factors
small population and discouragement of non-portuguese settlers
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Caio Prado Jr in The Colonial Background of Modern Brazil on 4 factors for slow colonisation
vast territory, chaotic population, lack of social stability, people not prepared for control
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How was Portugal ran?By Caio Prado Jr
Portuguese organisation used for tiny country
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Reason for ineffective control with Portuguese organisation, by Lyle McAlister in Spain and Portugal in the New Work, 1492-1700
Too large, settlements far apart
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What Royal Decree?
May 31st 1535, Brazil main dumping ground for criminals -Lyle McAlister
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Why did investors not initially want to go to Portugal?
thought there was only Dyewood, little opportunity to get rich quick
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Why did investors want to venture later Carole Myscofski in Amazon, wives nuns and witches in the catholic churching colonial brazil, 1500-1833?
Raw materials such as gold and agricultural ventures for investors
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When was sugar introduced?
1540s
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How successful was production in early years
1600s, 10x production level of rich sugar colonies elsewhere
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why did sugar increase colonisation?
boom increased demands, wanted to cash in
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why was sugar production benefiting to society?
planation was fixed and ordered, permanent population- Lyle McAlister
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what caused population increases?
immigrants from Portugal and natural increase from fertility both in and out of marriage
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how does Carole Myscofski describe womens position on colonial times
restrictive but productive
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What factors restricted women by Carole Myscofski?
Wealth, family, status, ethnicity and communities
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Why did Portugal believe it was ok to colonise Brazil?
Lyle McAlister- colony was no colonised, people did not live in polity, acquired by occupation and discovery
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What were indigenous peoples used for initially?
Subsistence and bringing logwood
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Why did indigenous stop cooperating after settlers arrived
could not and would not feed new population. Would not work voluntarily
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How did Portuguese respond to indigenous peoples not cooperating?
enslaved them to meet labour requirements
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How much did the indigenous population decrease?
by 75% in 100 years
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What killed most of the natives?
diseases
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When did Napoleonic France occupy Portugal and its colonies?
1808-1813
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Why did British become main trade partner?
They transported Portuguese royals to Brazil
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Why did Portugal always have to watch its back?
They were not a leading power in Europe
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When did Spain have control of Brazil?
1580 to 1640
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What happened under occupation
population and colonisation increased
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