Timeline of Brazilian History by Majdoulin Hayat

10,000 to 20,000 years ago

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Indigenous people in America eventually reach Brazil

Indigenous groups- hunting, gathering, shifting agriculture

Based on kinship - lived with extended families.

Small settlements changed locations

Sustainable

1500

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3-6 million Indigenous peoples before the arrival of the Portuguese

Many Indigenous groups were killed off by slavery and European diseases, many survived to have a significant influence on Brazilian culture.

1549

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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

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Gold and other minerals were found in large amounts in the mountains of Minas Gerais - this set off the Gold Rush and Brazil's industrial developement.

1729-1760

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Diamonds were discovered in the same area and, by 1760 Brazil was the worldś leading supplier of gold and diamonds at the time.

1889

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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

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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.