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Portuguese Brazil within the colonial mercantile system (1500–1808)

Portuguese Brazil within the colonial mercantile system (1500–1808)

  1. Treaty of Tordesillas divides Atlantic claims

    Labels: Treaty of

  2. Cabral lands on the Brazilian coast

    Labels: Pedro lvares

  3. Hereditary captaincies created to spur colonization

    Labels: Hereditary captaincies

  4. First governor-general arrives and founds Salvador

    Labels: Tom de, Salvador

  5. French colony in Rio challenges Portuguese monopoly

    Labels: France Antarctique

  6. Portuguese found Rio de Janeiro as strategic port

    Labels: Rio de, Est cio

  7. Palmares emerges as major quilombo resistance

    Labels: Palmares, quilombo

  8. State of Brazil formed to improve colonial control

    Labels: State of

  9. Dutch West India Company captures Salvador

    Labels: Dutch West, Salvador

  10. Dutch seize Pernambuco, center of sugar production

    Labels: Pernambuco, Dutch occupation

  11. John Maurice governs Dutch Brazil

    Labels: John Maurice, Dutch Brazil

  12. Gold discoveries shift economy toward mining and taxation

    Labels: Gold discoveries, Minas Gerais

  13. Zumbi killed after Palmares is defeated

    Labels: Zumbi, Palmares

  14. Pombal expels Jesuits from Portuguese Empire

    Labels: Marquis of, Jesuits

  15. Capital transferred from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro

    Labels: Rio de, colonial capital

  16. Ports opened to “friendly nations,” weakening colonial monopoly

    Labels: Carta R, Jo o