Early Brazil

The earliest People of brazil were the indians . however , the country's recorded history begins with arrival of the portuguese in 1500 . the portugal sailor pedro álvares cabral visited the continent which today is called South America, eight years after columbus arrived in the americas. Many portuguese pioneers followed along and with the new colony which is what is today brazil. Brazil was named because of the brazilwood that was extracted to make red dye. The new settlers did not bring peace or new technology to the to the Indians. Instead, they ‘‘quote unquote” unintentionally leading to infecting and killed thousands of Indians with diseases such as measles and smallpox.The growing number of settlers urged for the exploration of Brazil. Frontiersmen called bandeirantes set claim to lands in the western area of Brazil. The goal of the portuguese were to look for slaves to work for them and to extract gold from brazil. They found gold on 1693 starting the new a gold rush that brought many people from portugal to the center of brazil .
During the 1500 and 1600s around 5 million African slaves were brought to Brazil to work on the sugarcane plantations something that was rich and native to the land. The slaves did not give up without a fight to what was to happen. Slaves escaping
This set the stage for a future growth but also bringing economic problems by putting Brazil into debt. In the 1970s industry's grew and provided many new jobs for the people under military rule. The economy stopped growing in the 1980s and Brazil wasn't able to pay back its loans. Foiled by the debt and increasing public discontent, the military gave power back to the civilian government in 1985. Causing many problematic concerns for the people living in Brazil the side that everyone here's about Brazil and not the