19th Century Brazil

By zwilhite

  • The Portuguese Royal family comes to Brazil to escape a French Army

  • Brazil unifies with Portugal to become the Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil

  • Dom Pedro is made regent of Brazil at 22 years old

  • Dom Pedro declares Brazil an independent state and becomes the first Emperor of Brazil

  • Dom Pedro inherits the throne of Portugal but continues to rule from Brazil

  • Uruguay becomes independent after the Treaty of Montevideo

  • Dom Pedro gives up his throne in Brazil and returns to Portugal

  • Dom Pedro's son, Dom Pedro II, becomes emperor at 14 years old

  • The slave trade is banned in Brazil

  • Francisco Solano Lopez, dictator of Paraguay, declares war against Brazil and eventually loses

  • Dom Pedro II frees all the remaining slaves in Brazil

  • Dom Pedro II is forced from the throne after a coup

  • Prudente de Morais becomes the first elected president of Brazil