The Contestado War (1912 – 1916) took place in the southern region of Brazil, between the borders of Paraná and Santa Catarina, and was a socio-political conflict caused by the dispute of these...
The Oligarchic Republic (1894-1930) is characterized by the alternation of power between the coffee oligarchies of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The presidents of this time were elected,...
The sugar mill designates the place where sugar was produced during the colonial period. These mills were created in the 16th century, when sugarcane was planted in the...
The Governors' Policy was a political agreement signed during the period of the Old Republic (1889-1930). The intention was to unite the interests of local politicians marked by the oligarchies...
Freedom of Expression is the right that allows people to express their opinions without fear of reprisal. Likewise, it authorizes the information to be received by various means, in a way...
In 2018, the Brazilian economy is considered the ninth economy in the world and the first in Latin America, according to IMF data. Brazil's GDP is estimated at $2.14 trillion. The country...
The Treaty of Tordesilhas was an agreement between the kingdom of Portugal and the kingdom of Castile, celebrated on June 7, 1494, in the city of Tordesilhas (Spain). By this treaty, Castilians and Portuguese...
The Conjuração Baiana or Revolta dos Alfaiates was a popular political movement that took place in Salvador, Bahia, in 1798. Its objectives were to separate Bahia from Portugal, abolish slavery and...
Brazil already had 3 capitals: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. The first Brazilian capital was Salvador, between 1549 and 1763, and then Rio de Janeiro, from 1763 to 1960. Little known fact is...
Dom Pedro I or Pedro I of Brazil was the first Emperor of Brazil who ruled between 1822 and 1831. It was he who declared the independence of Brazil on September 7, 1822 and...
The 1891 Constitution was the first Brazilian Constitution of the republican era. It had as characteristics the institution of the presidential republican regime and the separation between the State and...
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Brazilian Indians today form a contingent that represents around 0.47% of the Brazilian population. According to the IBGE census (2010), there are 896,917 indigenous people in the country, and of this total...
Economic miracle or "Brazilian economic miracle" corresponds to the economic growth that occurred in Brazil between the years 1968 to 1973. This period was characterized by the acceleration of...
Tropicalismo was an avant-garde cultural movement that took place in Brazil in 1967 and 1968 in the arts, mainly in music. Characterized as a libertarian movement and...
The halter vote represented an imposing and arbitrary electoral form imposed by the colonels. Definition A halter vote is an expression given by the superposition of two words. Thus,...
The Sabinada was an armed uprising that took place in the province of Bahia, between November 1837 and March 1838, with the city of Salvador as its main stage. The movement is named after its leader,...
The Farrapos War or Farroupilha Revolution was the longest rebellion in Brazil's regency period. It took place in Rio Grande do Sul and lasted ten years, from 1835 to 1845, a time that includes...
The "Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil", "Citizen Constitution" or simply "1988 Constitution" was promulgated on October 5, 1988. It was the seventh constitution of the...
The Chibata Revolt was a military agitation in the Brazilian Navy, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, from November 22 to 27, 1910. The fight against physical punishment, low wages and the terrible...
Domitila de Castro Canto e Mello, the Marquesa de Santos, was the best known mistress of the Emperor Dom Pedro I. Marquesa de Santos pictured with the Order of Saint sash...
The Second Reign corresponds to the period from July 23, 1840 to November 15, 1889, when Brazil was under the reign of D. Pedro II (1825-1891). It was characterized as a time of relative...
The Lula government comprises the two terms of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from 2003 to 2010. Her administration lifted thousands of people out of absolute poverty, but it was marked by cases of...
The Coup of Majority, also known as Declaration of Majority, guaranteed accession to the throne of D. Pedro II, on July 23, 1840, at 14 years of age. The anticipation of coming of age was the...
The 1930 Revolution was a coup d'état that deposed President Washington Luis on October 24, 1930. The movement was articulated by the states of Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Rio Grande do...
The 1960s were characterized by the strengthening of leftist movements in Western countries, both politically and ideologically. At that time there is an unfolding of...
The immigration process in Brazil began in 1850 with the end of the traffic in enslaved people. Wanting to erase the Brazilian slaveholding heritage, the government started to encourage entry...
The Regency Period (1831-1840) was the time when Brazil was ruled by regency, as the heir to the throne was a minor. This period is characterized by moments of great...
The “Discovery” of Brazil took place on April 22, 1500, when the Portuguese arrived in the lands that today belong to Brazil. This event, which marked the history of our country,...
The pre-colonial period corresponds to the first years of colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese. It covers the years 1500 to 1530 and the main economic activity was the exploration of...
The First Reign corresponds to the period from September 7, 1822 to April 7, 1831, in which Brazil was ruled by D. Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil. In other words, this time...
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 was a revolt that took place in the state of São Paulo against the government of Getúlio Vargas. The São Paulo elites sought to regain the political command they had...
The 1917 General Strike was a movement provoked by the workers and merchants of São Paulo in the months of June and July. Workers asked for better working conditions and an increase in...
The Rubber Cycle corresponds to the period of Brazilian history in which the extraction and sale of latex for rubber production were basic economic activities. In fact,...
The Lei Áurea (Law nº 3.353), was sanctioned by Princess Dona Isabel, daughter of Dom Pedro II, on May 13, 1888. The law granted total freedom to slaves who still existed in Brazil, a...
It is called Brazilian prehistory or pre-Cabraline period, the moment for the history of Brazil before the arrival of the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral, in 1500. This view, however,...
Neoliberalism in Brazil began with the government of Fernando Collor de Mello and was consolidated with the arrival of Fernando Henrique Cardoso as president. There was a reduction in public investments and...
The feminist movement in Brazil emerged in the 19th century with the struggle for female education, the right to vote and the abolition of slaves. Currently, there are several feminist organizations in Brazil...
The Brazilian participation in World War II began on September 16, 1944, lasted seven months and aimed at the liberation of Italy. Brazil in World War II Brazil entered the...
The Eusébio de Queirós Law (Law No. 581), enacted on September 4, 1850, prohibited the slave trade. The law was drafted by the Minister of Justice, Eusébio de Queirós Coutinho Matoso da...
The sugarcane cycle refers to the period when sugar was Brazil's main export product. It began with the establishment of the Portuguese colonist on the Brazilian coast, in...
The National Symbols - flag, coat of arms, seal and anthem - implemented by Law No. 5,700, of September 1, 1971, represent the union of our country. Included in the Constitution, they have...
Dom Pedro II (or Pedro II of Brazil) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. He ascended the throne in 1840 and was at the head of the country until 1889, when the coup that installed the...
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1902-1976), known as JK, was a doctor and politician from Minas Gerais. He was president of Brazil from 1956 to 1960 whose time is remembered as a time of...
The Treaty of Madrid had the objective of replacing the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), thus establishing new borders between the colonies of Portugal and Spain in America. Through this Treaty,...
The Quilombo dos Palmares was one of the many quilombos of the Brazilian colonial era and its origin dates back to 1580. Palmares was the refuge of fugitive slaves from the plantations of the Captaincies of Pernambuco and...
Abolitionism is the movement that emerged at the end of the 18th century, in Europe, with the objective of putting an end to slavery. In Brazil, the ideal emerges with force in the second half of the 19th century and...
The period from 1930 to 1934, when Getúlio Vargas governed Brazil, after the victory of the 1930 Revolution, is called the provisional government. This moment was marked by the tension between...
Quilombos were communities formed by slaves who escaped from the plantations. These places became centers of resistance for black slaves who escaped forced labor in the...
The Armada Revolt (1891-1894), which took place in Rio de Janeiro, was a rebellion carried out by the Navy, which at the time was called “Armada” and hence the name of this movement. The rebellion begins...
