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Jun 7, 1494
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tortillas divided South America between Spain and Portugal giving Portugal the upper portion of the continent. -
Jan 1, 1500
Vincente Pinzón Lands in Brazil
Vincente Pinzón was a Spaniard who found Brazil but was not able to lay claim to it due to the treaty. He did however name the place he landed "Cabo de Santa María de la Consolación" and named the Amazon River "Río Santa María de la Mar Dulce" -
Apr 22, 1500
Pedro Alvares Cabral "Discovered Brazil"
Pedro Àlvares Cabral lands in Brazil and is able to claim the land in Portugal's name. -
May 1, 1500
Natives Respond to The Portuguese
Natives willingly trade away their weapons for Portuguese hats and trinkets, rendering them defenseless. -
Jan 1, 1525
Resources and Colonization
From 1500 to around 1550 the Portuguese began harvesting Brazilwood and sugar. The land was divided into 15 captaincies. Hoping to enslave the indigenous people to work on their sugar cane plantations, the colonists were severely disappointing when the couldn't capture the native people do to their ability to run and hide. The people they were able to capture quickly died to to disease. -
Jan 1, 1550
Jesuits Began Converting Natives
When the Jesuit Priests arrived in Brazil and saw how badly the natives were been treated, they told the Portuguese men to stop because they were humans and deserved to be treated as such. They took the natives under their protection. -
Feb 7, 1555
France Builds a Colony
France went under the Portuguese radar and worked with the natives who were fighting the Portuguese to set up their own small colony. Overtime they slowly expanded and it wasn't until 5 years after the initial colonization began that the Portuguese realized the threat and reclaimed the land. -
Jan 1, 1580
Portugal and Spain Unite Under One Crown
Portugal and Spain two of the greatest empires at the time united under the same king. -
Portugal Declares Independence
60 Years after coming together, Spain and Portugal are no longer under one crown. -
Treaty of Madrid
The treaty resettled boundaries between Spain and Portugal. -
French Invade Portugal
The French invasion of Portugal forced King Joao and his son Pedo, the future king, to Brazil. -
The Kingdom Of Brazil
Portugal gives kingdom status to Brazil. -
King Pedro I Declares Brazil Independant
King Pedro I declares Brazil an independent country earning him the title of "The Liberator" and made himself Emperor of the Kingdom of Brazil.
