Brazil

Question 1

What effect did the Haitian rev have on the Portuguese colonists in Brazil

Answer 1

The planters more afraid of a general slave uprising

SO Movements inspired by enlightenment ideas were unsuccessful until napoleons troops invaded Portugal

Question 2

What happened to the Portuguese royal family after napoleon invaded Portugal in 1807

Answer 2

Fled to Brazil for safe haven and ruled in exile from capital Rio de Janeiro

Question 3

Why did king Pedro 1 declare Brazil independent in 1822

Answer 3

Didn’t wanna get overthrown by slaves and saw the rising tide of independence movements in Spanish South America

Question 4

What did king Pedro 1 do in 1831 that fired him to abdicate to his son Pedro 2

Answer 4

Ratified treaty w Britain to end Brazilian participation in the slave trade ( slave owners cried out)

Plus military losses to control Uruguay made his rule more difficult

Question 5

When did Brazil finally become a republic w out a king

Answer 5

1889

Pedro 2 was overthrown by republicans