Abstract is: Colonial Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. During the early 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the economic exploitation of the territory was based first on brazilwood (pau brazil) extraction (16th century), which gave the territory its name; sugar production (16th–18th centuries); and finally on gold and diamond mining (18th century). Slaves, especially those brought from Africa, provided most of the work force of the Brazilian export economy after a brief period of Indian slavery to cut brazilwood. In contrast to the neighboring Spanish possessions, which had several viceroyalties with jurisdiction initially over New Spain (Mexico) and Peru, and in the eighteenth century expanded to viceroyalties of the Río de la Plata and New Granada, the Portuguese colony of Brazil was settled mainly in the coastal area by the Portuguese and a large black slave population working sugar plantations and mines. The boom and bust economic cycles were linked to export products. Brazil's sugar age, with the development of plantation slavery, merchants serving as middle men between production sites, Brazilian ports, and Europe was undermined by the growth of the sugar industry in the Caribbean on islands that European powers seized from Spain. Gold and diamonds were discovered and mined in southern Brazil through the end of the colonial era. Brazilian cities were largely port cities and the colonial administrative capital was moved two times in response to the rise and fall of export products' importance. Unlike Spanish America, which fragmented into many republics upon independence, Brazil remained a single administrative unit under a monarch as the Empire of Brazil, giving rise to the largest country in Latin America. Just as European Spanish and Roman Catholicism were a core source of cohesion among Spain's vast and multi-ethnic territories, Brazilian society was united by the Portuguese language and Roman Catholic faith. As the only Lusophone polity in the Americas, the Portuguese language was particularly important to Brazilian identity.
(P625, lat/long) | -12.970833333 / -38.510833333 |
colony | Q133156 |
P1617 | BBC Things ID | d0abd14d-d766-47bb-a1c1-38a1c1aa07bf |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/01nr2w |
P5986 | Getty Iconography Authority ID | 901002123 |
P9000 | World History Encyclopedia ID | Portuguese_Brazil |
P122 | basic form of government | absolute monarchy | Q184558 |
P36 | capital | Rio de Janeiro | Q8678 |
Salvador | Q36947 | ||
P30 | continent | South America | Q18 |
P17 | country | Portuguese Empire | Q200464 |
P38 | currency | Portuguese real | Q1678551 |
P576 | dissolved, abolished or demolished date | 1815-01-01 | |
P571 | inception | 1500-01-01 | |
P2936 | language used | Portuguese | Q5146 |
Nheengatu | Q34333 | ||
Língua Geral Paulista | Q2669239 | ||
P3842 | located in the present-day administrative territorial entity | Brazil | Q155 |
P3075 | official religion | Catholic Church | Q9592 |
P361 | part of | Brazil | Q155 |
Portuguese Empire | Q200464 | ||
United Kingdom of Portugal, and of Brazil, and the Algarves | Q903779 | ||
P140 | religion or worldview | Catholic Church | Q9592 |
P1366 | replaced by | State of Maranhão | Q502009 |
Viceroyalty of Brazil | Q2920081 | ||
Kingdom of Brazil | Q3932042 | ||
State of Brazil | Q11876909 | ||
P460 | said to be the same as | Viceroyalty of Brazil | Q2920081 |
State of Brazil | Q11876909 |
FileName: Coat of arms of Colonial Brazil.svg
Description: Coat of arms of the Portuguese colony of Brazil.
Artist: Tonyjeff
License: Public domain
FileName: Flag of the Princes of Brazil.svg
Description: Flag of the Princes of Brazil (1645-1815), the obsoleted title used to indicate the presumptive heirs of the Portuguese throne.
Artist: Tonyjeff, based on ancient national symbolFile:Pavillon Blanc de Portugal (La connoissance des pavillons, Planche 60a, aquarellée).jpg
License: Public domain
Description: Map of Brazil in 1534
Artist: Milenioscuro
Work is copyrighted.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution is required.
Description: Map of Brazil in 1750
Artist: Shadowxfox
Work is copyrighted.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Q104392766 | Ana Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q104368575 | Ana Maria Francisca de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q28678627 | António Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104363524 | António Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104372379 | António Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104391726 | António Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q16491076 | Antônio de Albuquerque Maranhão |
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Q104383448 | Beatriz Lins de Albuquerque |
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Q104179468 | Beatriz de Albuquerque |
Q104234502 | Beatriz de Albuquerque |
Q104490591 | Bernarda |
Q104518886 | Brites Francisca de Lima |
Q104398264 | Bárbara Barbosa |
Q104450445 | Catarina Soares |
Q104180677 | Catarina de Albuquerque |
Q104356257 | Catarina de Albuquerque |
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Q104362624 | Cristóvão de Holanda Cavalcanti |
Q104357822 | Cristóvão de Holanda de Albuquerque |
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Q10268868 | Duarte Coelho de Albuquerque |
Q10268890 | Duarte de Albuquerque |
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Q104366558 | Felipa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104539141 | Felícia Lobo de Barros |
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Q104450488 | Filipa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q104365696 | Francisco Xavier Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q10285479 | Francisco do Rego Barros |
Q104369564 | Francisco do Rego Barros |
Q104370028 | Francisco do Rego Barros |
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Q104370018 | Inês Brites de Melo |
Q104176782 | Inês de Almeida Pimentel |
Q104371713 | Inês de Góis |
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Q104373222 | Isabel Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104383186 | Isabel Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104371475 | Isabel de Góis |
Q104412535 | Isabel de Jesus |
Q104496218 | Isabel de Lima |
Q104177134 | Jerónima de Almeida |
Q28678642 | Jerónimo Fragoso de Albuquerque |
Q10306801 | Jerônimo de Albuquerque Maranhão |
Q104373092 | Joana de Albuquerque |
Q110876237 | Joaquim Pereira do Vale |
Q10308282 | Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho |
Q104518614 | Jorge de Lima Barreto |
Q104396853 | Josefa Pereira |
Q10309457 | José Francisco de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104176680 | José Gomes de Melo |
Q64734418 | José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco |
Q10309682 | José Joaquim da Rocha |
Q10309685 | José Joaquim da Veiga Valle |
Q10310256 | José Patrício da Silva Manso |
Q104171782 | José de Barros Pimentel |
Q104176136 | José de Barros Pimentel, captain of Porto Calvo |
Q104360597 | João Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104176769 | João Gomes de Melo |
Q104181253 | João Gomes de Melo |
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Q104370767 | João Paes Barreto |
Q10312466 | João de Castro do Canto e Melo, 2.º visconde de Castro |
Q104369699 | João do Rego Barros |
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Q104450394 | Lourenço Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104450408 | Lourenço Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
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Q104369798 | Luísa Pessoa de Melo |
Q104413372 | Manuel Antunes |
Q104413923 | Manuel Antunes |
Q10324024 | Manuel Botelho de Oliveira |
Q104176777 | Manuel Gomes de Melo |
Q104370017 | Manuel Gomes de Melo III |
Q734274 | Manuel da Nóbrega |
Q104383157 | Margarida de Sousa Oliveira |
Q104488509 | Maria |
Q104368901 | Maria Ana Francisca de Paula Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |
Q104518936 | Maria Madalena de Barros |
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Q104364353 | Maria Manuela de Melo |
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Q104368496 | Maria Rita de Albuquerque Melo |
Q104177173 | Maria de Accioli |
Q104372942 | Maria de Albuquerque |
Q104177329 | Maria de Holanda |
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Q104414738 | Sebastião Pedroso |
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Q104383106 | Simoa de Albuquerque |
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Q527112 | Tiradentes |
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Q104372935 | Álvaro Fragoso de Albuquerque |
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Q10347516 | Don Pedro I |
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Q7123940 | Padre Eterno |
Q112978409 | Principe do Brasil |
Q112919346 | Vulcano |
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Q317126 | Joseph of Anchieta | place of burial | P119 |
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Q10309682 | José Joaquim da Rocha | place of birth | P19 |
Q10301614 | Impressão Régia (Rio de Janeiro) | applies to jurisdiction | P1001 |
Q36947 | Salvador | capital of | P1376 |
Q8389905 | Category:Colonial Brazil | category's main topic | P301 |
Q11876909 | State of Brazil | said to be the same as | P460 |
Q200464 | Portuguese Empire | has part(s) | P527 |
Q49675519 | Category:1520s in Brazil | category combines topics | P971 |
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