Biography of the country of Brazil

The new colony was used as the place of the link and the source of the red tree, which gave the country its current name Portuguese called it Brazilian. Very little time passed and the Portuguese had to fight for their new colony with the French. By the year they managed to expel the French, then Rio de Janeiro was founded. In addition to the French, the Spaniards, Dutch and the British claimed the possession of Brazil.

The Dutch West Indies company, which founded several fortresses in the eastern part of Brazil, tried to stay especially stubbornly there. More than 60 years, from year to year, after the capture of the Spaniards of Portugal, Brazil belonged to the Spanish crown. However, after the overthrow of Spanish rule, the Portuguese returned power over Brazil. And two years later they started a stubborn war with the Dutch, ending twenty years later the Holland’s full refusal of all claims to Brazil, in exchange for monetary reward.

The Brazilian economy of that time was completely and completely dependent on agriculture. The coast of the ocean was covered with a whole network of large plantations of tobacco and sugarcane. Initially, the Indians worked on plantations, but with the beginning of the import of more hardy blacks, the Indians gradually abandoned, although the slavery of the Indians lasted up to a year.

The end of the eighteenth century was a time of the origin of ideas about the independence of Brazil. The birthplace of the secret organizations, which set itself the goal of winning the independence of the homeland and transforming it to the republic according to the North American model, was the province of Minash Geraish. However, the conspiracy was disclosed, and Tirandis was executed.

The Napoleonic wars did not pass South America - Bonapartists temporarily occupied Brazil in the year in December the decree of the regent, the future king of Portugal Juan IV, proclaimed that Brazil is now entering the "United Kingdom of Portugal and Algarva." Thus, the country formally ceased to be a colony. As a result of the revolution that happened in Portugal, the king was proposed to return to Portugal.

He left the shores of Brazil in April next year, accompanied by several thousand Portuguese nobles. The governor of Brazil remained his son Pedro. It was Pedro, intending to maintain the fullness of power and fearing the revolution, that he proclaimed the independence of Brazil from the metropolis. In the year, Pedro was declared the emperor of Brazil. Having formed the army and heading it, by the year he finally expelled the Portuguese from the country.

Two years later, with the active mediation of the British, Portugal recognized the independence of its former colony, however, setting the condition for the adoption of part of the state duty of Portugal. The functions of lawmaking were received by the General Assembly, consisting of two chambers. The emperor was given the right to apply a veto to any decisions of the General Assembly.

He also had the right to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies. However, dissatisfaction with the policy of the emperor was growing, and in the year Pedro was forced to renounce in favor of his son, who became Emperor Pedro II, and leave for Portugal.

By the mid -fifties of the nineteenth century, Brazil was no longer “sugar”, but a “coffee” country. By this time, half of all coffee in the world is produced here. Then the Brazilian government is prohibited by the slave trade. Dissatisfaction with the power of the emperor is growing, the antimonarchic movement is expanding. In November, the troops led by General Deodoro da Fonseca capture several government buildings.

The rest of the army refuses to defend the emperor and passes to the side of the rebels. The government is resigned in full force, and the overthrown emperor leaves for Europe. The victorious general da Fonseca publishes a manifesto announcing the overthrow of Emperor Pedro II, and the establishment of a federal republic. Having taken the US Constitution as a sample, the winners drew up a new constitution, which acted from for a year.

According to this Constitution, Brazil was declared the federal republic - the United States of Brazil - which consisted of twenty states and one federal district. The entire fullness of the executive branch was awarded to the president, who was elected for four years with a direct vote. A special law stipulated the separation of the functions of the church and the state.

In the First World War, Brazil entered the side of the Entente participating countries. Its representatives participated in the signing ceremony of the Versailles Agreement. From the year, Brazil was a member of the League of Nations. A result of the revolution of the Year of the year, to power, to power, in the year of the year of the year, Burgas announced a course of social and economic reforms.

B adopted a new constitution, repeating the constitution of the year in general terms. The Wargas regime became more and more reactionary, declaring, in the end, a state of emergency in the country. The tension growing in Europe in the pre -war times was reflected in Brazil.With the outbreak of World War II, the Vargas government hesitated for a long time, but in the end it was forced to declare the war of Germany and its satellites under the pressure of the people and send the expeditionary corps to Europe.

In the year, as a result of a military coup, the military came to power in the country, whose authoritarian regime lasted up to a year, when a number of protests swept around the country. People went to demonstrations with the demand for democratic presidential elections. The government was forced to give in to these requirements, and the president of Brazil became oppositionist Tancred Di Almeid Nevis, which laid the foundation for the new republic.

In September, President Collor was accused of corruption and displaced from his position. This event marked the new section of the country's political history. Students and middle class playing a decisive role in these events brought a new, living stream into the political life of the country. The society has hopes for the ethics of politics and power. Currently, the post of President of Brazil is occupied by Dilma Van Russuff.