Brazil+History


 * History Facts of Brazil **
 * The Portuguese were the first European settlers, lead by Pedro Cabral, in Brazil. They began the colonial period in 1500.
 * Dom Pedro was the not liked man, he was unkind and very rude to others.He was declared emperor on December 1,1822.[[image:http://www.internetstones.com/image-files/emperor-don-pedro-i-brazil.jpg align="right" caption="Emperor Pedro I"]]
 * He was emepor for 50 years, he encouraged slavery and hoped for the people to share his beliefes and desires. He had one son and one granddaughter.
 * His son took over emperor next, for 50 years as well, but was the opposite of his father. He was very kind and his desire was to order peace throughout Brazil
 *  The Portuguese found around seven million native Indians neighboring Brazilian land as well.
 *  Today, fewer than 200,000 of Brazil's indigenous people survive, most of whom inhabit the jungle areas
 *  Other Portuguese explorers followed Cabral, in search of valuable goods for European trade but also for unsettled land and the opportunity to escape poverty in Portugal itself.
 *  Unlike the colonizing philosophy of the Spanish, the Portuguese in Brazil were much less focused at first on conquering, controlling, and developing the country.
 *  Most settlers were sailors, who were far more interested in profitable trade and subsistence agriculture than in territorial expansion.
 *  The country's interior remained unexplored.
 *  Most Brazilians possess some combination of European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and Middle Eastern lineage,and this multiplicity of cultural legacies is a notable feature of current Brazilian culture.


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