When the Portuguese first arrived in Brazil during the 1500’s they expected to find a land more colonized and full of abundant resources such as metals. It was also expected of them to see a more socially disciplined land of people. To their surprise they found Brazilian hunters and gatherers who had barely started working in the agriculture business, using different techniques like the slash and burn techniques. The natives had low technological advances and low resources and were on thin grounds. They had no towns, domestic animals, and were basically stone age men and women hunting for game, fish, and other useful resources. The first century when the Portuguese found settlement in Brazil they knew it would be difficult to have the Indians
