COLONIAL BRAZIL

When was Brazil a COLONY of Portugal?

• 1500 - 1822

• 1530 - 1822

• 1600 - 1800

• 1600 - 1889

The Portuguese king had major "problems" at the start of colonization, in the early 1500s...

• Defend the territory against foreign invaders

• Defend the territory against the indigenous people who already lived here

• Invest on different businesses to make the colony profitable

• all answers are correct

The Portuguese king´s first political strategy to rule the colony was to divide the territory into strips of land and give them to friends ("petty" nobility). They would be in charge to defend it and make it productive. These were called....

• GENERAL GOVERNMENT / GOVERNO GERAL

• HEREDITARY CAPITANCIES / CAPITANIAS HEREDITARIAS

• COLONIAL TOWN HALL / CAMARAS MUNICIPAIS COLONIAIS

• NONE OF THE ANSWERS IS CORRECT

Most of the Hereditary Captaincies (capitanias hereditarias) did not work out because....

• a. The territory was enormous and difficult to defend against invaders

• b. Defense against the local indigenous groups was difficult

• c. Lack of money or interest to make it productive

• d. none of the above

The second political strategy to rule the land was called ______________, as the king nominated ONE PERSON to represent him in the colony

• hereditary captaincy

• general government

• colonial town halls

• none of the answers is correct

The colonial town halls were responsible for local affairs at each city, but they were NOT democratic institutions at all because....

• all adults could vote and had political voice

• Only indigenous people could vote and make decisions

• only rich white men could vote and participate in the political decisions

• all adults could vote except enslaved people

The _________________ was an "deal" between the mother nation (Portugal) and the colony (Brazil)

• ENGENHO

• COLONIAL PACT

• COLONIAL TOWN HALLS

• CAPITANCY

According to the COLONIAL PACT, the colony (Brazil) could only TRADE (import and export) with its mother nation (Portugal) and its allies. This was beneficial to both parties.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The entire sugar cane producing complex including the plantation crops, grinding of sugar cane (moenda), kitchen and the "pao de açucar" was called _____________

• harvesting

• engenho or sugar cane plantation

• colonial pact

• camara municipal

Colonial society was very unfair / unequal as it divided people according to their physical appearance and "race"

• FALSE

• TRUE