Brazil, a soccer World Cup power, was once a colony of which country?

On April 22nd, 1500, Portuguese navigator pedro cabral arrived in Brazil. He named the land "Holy Cross" and declared that it belonged to Portugal. Since the plunder of Portuguese colonists began with the felling of Brazilian mahogany, the word "mahogany" gradually replaced "Holy Cross" and became the name of Brazil, which is still in use today, and its Chinese transliteration is "Brazil".

65438+In 1930s, the Portuguese expedition established a colony in Pakistan. At the end of 18/at the beginning of 19, the Brazilian people waged a struggle against Portuguese colonial rule and for national independence.

1789, under the influence of the American War of Independence and the French Revolution, Tiradentes led a conspiracy against colonial rule in Minas Gerais, which opened the prelude to the independence movement.

1822 On September 7th, Brazil declared its complete independence from Portugal, which was designated as Brazil's independence day. 1 822 65438+February1,Pedro was crowned emperor, called Pedro I, and Brazil became a constitutional empire. 1825, Portugal officially recognized the independence of Brazil.

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Portugal's economic policy towards the colonies, like Spain's, was strictly controlled from the perspective of suzerain interests and mercantilism. During the whole period of colonial rule, Brazil's economy, regardless of agriculture, industry, mining and commerce, did not develop normally under the suppression and restriction of Portugal, and from the beginning it embarked on a more obvious road of single product economy than Spain and America.

In the early days of discovery and conquest, Brazil mainly exported a kind of precious redwood called "Brazilian wood", with a height of 1 5m and a diameter of1m, hence the name Brazil. Because this kind of mahogany can extract a red dye that was considered valuable at that time, it was very popular in Europe before the middle of16th century. Cutting and transporting this kind of mahogany became the main means for colonists to exploit the Brazilian people at that time.

Agriculture: Brazil has a vast and rich land. /kloc-Since the middle of the 6th century, agriculture has gradually developed. Fisheries, animal husbandry and various crops, such as tobacco, cotton, indigo, cassava, rice, cocoa, corn, coffee and kidney beans, have all increased significantly.

However, the development of sugar industry is the most important. 1548, Jewish refugees in Mariuro imported sugar cane from Brazil. From then on, until the end of 17, the sugar industry became the foundation of Brazil's entire economy. Many important cities in Brazil, such as Bahia, Recife and Arinida, were established and developed because of the prosperity of sugar industry.

1576, there were 47 sugar factories in Bahia alone. In 1600, there were nearly 100 sugar factories in Brazil that produced exclusively for Portugal. Sucrose has become Brazil's main export material, which has brought huge profits to the Portuguese royal family, businessmen and sugar farmers. By the17th century, Brazil was the main supplier of sugar in the European market.

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