Portuguese Flashcards

1
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Settle Location

A

Brazil

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2
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Sugar

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Main source of economy; Sugar plantation thrived; Cash crop; Main source of colonial revenue: Taxes on exported sugar + goods imported with profits from sugar

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3
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Geographical determinism

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Sugar - Rich red soils along Brazil’s northeastern coast - very god for cultivation of sugarcane;

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4
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Mill lords

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Top of the sugar economy / Brazilian social structure;
Own hundreds of slaves

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5
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People who went there

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Explores who wanted to find gold but was unsuccessful; Christians

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6
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Farming

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Large scale farming for sugar; Can’t live on sugar alone; Grow with the intention of selling the food = cash crop’ Grow sugar but need to find people to buy it

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7
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Interaction with Native Americans

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Replaces the indigenous people: Triangle trade; Dominate the Atlantic slave trade with slaves from Africa

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8
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Social hierarchy

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Portuguese; Mulatto

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9
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Mulatto

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Complicate their social hierarchy; Someone who has both european + African ancestry; Creating new cultures

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