Timelines of Brazil History by Xin Ya Yang

10,000 and 20,000 years ago

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:38:23 UTC

Indigenous people in america eventually reach brazil

Indigenous groups- hunting, gathering, shifting agriculture

Based on kinship - loved with extended families

Small settlements changed locations

sustainable

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:39:16 UTC

3-6 million indigenous peoples before the arrival of the portuguese

many Indigenous people were killed - slavery, diseases

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:39:39 UTC

Portuguese were the first 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

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:39:45 UTC

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

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:39:53 UTC

diamonds were discovered

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

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 18:39:58 UTC

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

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

xinyayang2 — 2024-02-28 19:08:39 UTC

population patterns:

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