Brazil Research Paper

Brazil brief description: Brazil, the largest country in South America was found on September 7th, 1822. Before 1822, Brazil was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from the 1500s. Pedro Cabral was the lucky man to claim the title as the discoverer of Brazil. At the arrival of the Portuguese, they discovered that there were around 7 million tribal native Indians living there. The Portuguese observed a highly developed tribal culture, but also tribal warfare which even included cannibalism to a certain extent. After seeing this, the Portuguese decided to “civilise” the natives just like how all the other empires of Europe civilized their colonies; through the means of slavery and abuse. The Portuguese also began sexual relationships with the natives which created a mix of the Brazilian culture and the Portuguese culture. Another thing that they did which affected the Brazilians was they brought infectious diseases from Portugal which killed many people in Brazil. Currently there are approximately 200 000 indigenous natives living in Brazil. These native now live in the jungles of Brazil living there tribal lives. Brazil didn’t have many sources that were known by the Portuguese besides the valuable red dye that came from a popular tree in Brazil often called the “Brazilwood tree”. This …show more content…
“ORDEM E PROGRESSO”, means Order and Progress representing Brazil’s progression over the years after the Portuguese gave