My sumptuous padlet by Zahra Ali Zada

10 000 to 20 000 Years ago

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 18:53:46 UTC

Indigenous people in America eventually reach Brazil

Indigenous grouped - hunting, gathering, shifting agriculture

Based on kinship - lived with extended families

Small settlements changed locations

Sustainable

1500

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 18:57:53 UTC

3 -4 million Indigenous peoples before the arrival of the Portuguese

many Indigenous people were killed - slavery, diseases

1549

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 18:59:51 UTC

Portuguese were the 1st Europeans to land in Brazil Established a colony and sent Portuguese people to live there Rich farmers set up large sugar cane plantations (eastern coast) Bandeirantes spread through the country and captured and enslaved Indigenous peoples

1690s

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 19:03:39 UTC

large amounts of gold were found in the mountains of Minas Gerais - this set off GOLD RUSH and Brazil's industrial development

1729, 1760

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 19:05:57 UTC

diamonds were discovered

world's leading supplier of gold and diamonds at the time

1889

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-28 19:10:34 UTC

Brazil abolished slavery (until then about 2 million Africans were enslaved)

people of mixed African and European descent became part of the Brazilian population

1900

zahraalizada21 — 2024-02-29 19:15:22 UTC

Population patterns:

mix of Indigenous, African, and Portuguese
Indigenous population decimated by European diseases, and forced labour on plantations
most people lived in coastal lowlands
the highlands and Amazon basin were sparsely populated
agriculture and mining is important!