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Portuguese Brazil Sugar Economy and Atlantic Trade (1500–1750)

Portuguese Brazil Sugar Economy and Atlantic Trade (1500–1750)

  1. Cabral lands in Brazil for Portugal

    Labels: Pedro lvares, Portuguese Crown, Brazil coast

  2. Hereditary captaincies launched to promote settlement

    Labels: Hereditary captaincies, Donat rios, Pernambuco

  4. Duarte Coelho begins Pernambuco settlement drive

    Labels: Duarte Coelho, Pernambuco, Settlement drive

  5. Governor-General created; Salvador built as capital

    Labels: Tom de, Governorate General, Salvador

  6. African slavery expands to supply sugar labor

    Labels: Enslaved Africans, Sugar plantations, Atlantic slave

  7. Pernambuco’s sugar complex rapidly scales up

    Labels: Pernambuco, Sugar complex, Export production

  8. Dutch West India Company founded to seize Atlantic profits

    Labels: Dutch West, Dutch Republic, Atlantic trade

  9. Dutch capture Salvador, testing Portuguese control

    Labels: Salvador, Dutch assault, Atlantic shipping

  11. Portuguese-Brazilian victory at Guararapes shifts war

    Labels: Battle of, Portuguese-Brazilian forces, Pernambuco

  12. Portuguese forces recapture Recife; Dutch expelled

    Labels: Recife recapture, Portuguese forces, Dutch expulsion

  13. Treaty of The Hague recognizes Portuguese Brazil

    Labels: Treaty of, Portugal, Dutch Republic

  14. Gold discoveries pull labor and capital inland

    Labels: Gold discoveries, Inland mining, Labor migration

  15. By 1750, sugar persists amid a mining-led empire

    Labels: Sugar economy, Bahia, Pernambuco