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Jun 28, 1504
Published Accounts of Amergo Vespucci's Adventures
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Jan 1, 1530
Sugarcane Boom
Lasting almost 200 years or about until gold discoveries in the Minas Gerais took everyone's attention away, the sugar boom in Brazil saw African slaves imported but also a Portuguese middle and upper class to administer the massive plantations. -
Jun 27, 1542
Duarte Coello Sends Letters to Lisbon Requesting $
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Cristovao Cardoso de Boroos Kills 1500 Indians, Captures 4K
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1st Set of Mining Laws
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2nd Set of Mining Laws
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One Hundred Tonnes Of Sugar Exported Annually
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Colonia de Sacramento Founded
WIth an eye towards siphoning off some of the business and riches flowing out of the Spanish Potosi mines nearby and also to gain a toehold within the River Plate estuary region, Manuel Lobo founds the later thrice warred over Colonia de Sacramento in the southern region of Brazil. Most of the colonists are peasants from the Azores. Several Portuguese settlements in the area would follow as attempts were made to secure influence in the area. -
Gold First Discovered In Minas Gerais, Booms Follow
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Portugal's Pop 2m, 400K Will Leave
As the eighteenth century dawned, Portugal would have two million residents and by the time the century ended, 400,000 would have left for Brazil despite the Crown's efforts to manage immigration. The colony of Brazil would have most unusual circumstances vis a vis other colonial experiences, one of which was trying to STOP people immigrating whereas other powers would have to beg / pay criminals to populate the new lands. -
Villages Formed Near Minas Gerais
As the gold rush rolled along, fortune seekers began to build villages around the mines which still stand to this day. Quite unlike the boomtowns turned ghost towns that dot the rest of the Americas, villages such as Ouro Preto are designated by the United Nations as having extreme cultural value. -
Worst Revolt: Vila Rica Over The Quinto
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Already 3 Revolts In Pitangui
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Law: Debasing Gold Punishable By Death, Exile
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Treaty of Madrid
Spain and Portugal settle up the issue of the southern region, some of which comprises modern day Uruguay and Argentina. -
Treaty of San Ildofonso Defines Portugese, Spanish Boundries
