Portuguese Flashcards
Settle Location
Brazil
Sugar
Main source of economy; Sugar plantation thrived; Cash crop; Main source of colonial revenue: Taxes on exported sugar + goods imported with profits from sugar
Geographical determinism
Sugar - Rich red soils along Brazil’s northeastern coast - very god for cultivation of sugarcane;
Mill lords
Top of the sugar economy / Brazilian social structure;
Own hundreds of slaves
People who went there
Explores who wanted to find gold but was unsuccessful; Christians
Farming
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
Interaction with Native Americans
Replaces the indigenous people: Triangle trade; Dominate the Atlantic slave trade with slaves from Africa
Social hierarchy
Portuguese; Mulatto
Mulatto
Complicate their social hierarchy; Someone who has both european + African ancestry; Creating new cultures