Transcript A Brief History of Brazil

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL
Team Corinthians
1958 – 1ST WORLD CUP VICTORY
1962 – 2ND WORLD CUP VICTORY
1970 – BRAZIL BECOMES TRI – 3RD WIN
1994 – NUMBER FOUR IN USA
2002 – 5TH AND THE DROUGHT BEGINS
THE DAWN OF TIME – SOUTH AMERICA
SECEDES
900 BC – 1500 AD: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
• Similar to North America, Brazil was originally inhabited by
tribes of indigenous people, called the Tupi or Tupinamba
• Tribes spoke a common language but were constantly at
war with other tribes; practice of cannibalistic rituals on
captured enemies occurred
• Around 1MM Tupi existed around 1500 when the
Portuguese began settling
• Mostly wiped out or assimilated, a few reservations of Tupi
still exist
1500 – SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SAIL
TO AMERICAS, CONQUER
• In 1494, Treaty of Tordesillas
divided the new world with arbitrary
line: west of the line was Spain’s,
east was Portugal’s; Portugal
unknowingly ended up with much of
Brazilian coast
• In 1500, Portuguese navigator
Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered
Brazil and claimed it for Portugal
1822 – EMPIRE OF BRAZIL
• Brazil declared its
independence from
Portugal and became
the Empire of Brazil
• Pedro I became
Emperor of Brazil;
many rebellions
followed
1889 – OLD REPUBLIC
• Brazil became the
Republic of the United
States of Brazil
• Although officially a
democracy, only certain
people could vote
1930 – END OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
• Impact of worldwide depression leads to fall of the republic
• Getulio Vargas rides populist movement to power
• Brazil forced into WWII, supports Allies with BEF in Italy
• Republic restored briefly, known as the Republic of ‘46
1964 – MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
• Growing military influence
and fear of Communism
leads to rebellion
• Army Marshal Castello
Branco becomes first military
dictator (appointed
President)
• Leads to a period of
nationalism, economic
development, and repression
of freedoms in the name of
anti-communism
1977: MANUFACTURED GOODS EARN
MORE THAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
• Post-1964 policies spurred external trade faster than
economy – significant growth in exports and imports
• 1968-1973 rapid growth (GDP Growth - 13.1%)
• Consumer durables, transportation equipment, steel,
cement, electricity
• Considerable modernization in industrial sector
• Semi-process manufactured exports - % of total exports
• 1963: 5%; 1974: 29%
1985: BRAZIL RETURNS TO DEMOCRACY
• 1984: Public demonstrations made it clear military rule
would not continue
• New Republic: End of military regime – last military handpicked President
• New constitution drafted (wishes of passing President)
and implemented 1988, replacing authoritarian legislation
• 1989 – first presidential elections by popular ballot (29
year lapse)
• 2010 – First woman elect president of Brazil
IMPORTANT DATES IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY
• One star for each World
Cup Championship
• 1958
• 1962
• 1970
• 1994
• 2002