Timeline Brazilian History by Atika John

Timeline of Brazilian History

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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

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

many Indigenous people were killed- slavery , diseases

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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

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

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Diamonds were discovered

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

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

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

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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!