Colonial Brazil

Brazil was discovered by a Portuguese man named

Pedro Alvares Cabral, he gave Brazil to king Manuel I.

The Portuguese used Brazils resources like its fine

wood with red dye.

The treaty of Tordesilla had the most impact on Brazil

because it meant that the Portuguese would control

a chunk of territory that the Spaniards were going to

get.

Cabral relied on a Portuguese man that understood

the Brazilians language to ask for help in navigating

through the forest.

Later in time the king of Portugal discovered that the French

were going to send men to Brazil. The king feared that the

French were going to take Brazil, the king sent missions to

combat the French people.

When Portugal tried to colonize Brazil, it was made so that

the king didn’t have to waste most of his funds on Brazil.

Between 1534-1536, king John III divided Brazil into 13

captaincies, and gave control over them to Portuguese

noblemen.

Later the failure of the captaincies brought much chaos in

Brazil’s government and much trouble to King John III.