The Portuguese Empire in the Americas

The Portuguese Empire in the Americas

By Paige EllisBy Paige Ellis

António de Gouveia- BrazilAntónio de Gouveia- Brazil

• Time period:– Born in 1528– Died some time around

1575

• Location:– Born in the Azores– Moved to Lisbon at age 20– Later sent to Brazil

• Group:– Portuguese

• Gender:– Male

• Time period:– Born in 1528– Died some time around

1575

• Location:– Born in the Azores– Moved to Lisbon at age 20– Later sent to Brazil

• Group:– Portuguese

• Gender:– Male

• Occupation:– Priest

• General History:– He spent most of his life

studying alchemy, “curing” sick people with magical objects and scamming people.

– After several encounters with the Inquisition, he was exiled to Brazil.

– There he spent his time capturing slaves, until he was sent back to Lisbon.

• Occupation:– Priest

• General History:– He spent most of his life

studying alchemy, “curing” sick people with magical objects and scamming people.

– After several encounters with the Inquisition, he was exiled to Brazil.

– There he spent his time capturing slaves, until he was sent back to Lisbon.

Catarina de Monte Sinay- Brazil

Catarina de Monte Sinay- Brazil

• Time Period:– Born in 1680– Died in 1758

• Location: – Bahia, Brazil

• Group:– Portuguese

• Gender:– Female

• Occupation:– Nun

• Time Period:– Born in 1680– Died in 1758

• Location: – Bahia, Brazil

• Group:– Portuguese

• Gender:– Female

• Occupation:– Nun

• General History– She was raised to be a

nun, and entered a convent at age 16.

– She was good with money, and she made a large income selling sweets and giving loans.

– She used the money to provide for the convent and for her slaves.

• General History– She was raised to be a

nun, and entered a convent at age 16.

– She was good with money, and she made a large income selling sweets and giving loans.

– She used the money to provide for the convent and for her slaves.

Francisca- BrazilFrancisca- Brazil

• Time Period:– Born between 1700 and

1705

• Location:– Raised in the Rio Negro

Valley

• Group:– Manao Indian

• Gender:– Female

• Occupation:– Slave

• Time Period:– Born between 1700 and

1705

• Location:– Raised in the Rio Negro

Valley

• Group:– Manao Indian

• Gender:– Female

• Occupation:– Slave

• General History:– Her chief traded her to a

slave trader as a good will gesture and illegally enslaved.

– She ended up as a servant to Anna de Fonte

– After 20 years, she petitioned Portuguese authorities for her freedom.

– She lost the case and remained a slave for the rest of her life.

• General History:– Her chief traded her to a

slave trader as a good will gesture and illegally enslaved.

– She ended up as a servant to Anna de Fonte

– After 20 years, she petitioned Portuguese authorities for her freedom.

– She lost the case and remained a slave for the rest of her life.

The Portuguese EmpireThe Portuguese Empire

• Portugal became a world power during the Age of Discovery, in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Explorers like Prince Henry the Navigator and Vasco de Gama discovered new lands across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

• Explorers were motivated by wealth, power, prestige, trade, and spreading Catholicism.

• They built an empire including territories in South America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

• Portugal had a virtual monopoly on the African seaborne slave trade, lasting for over 100 years.

• It was the longest-lived of the modern European colonial empires.

• Portugal became a world power during the Age of Discovery, in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Explorers like Prince Henry the Navigator and Vasco de Gama discovered new lands across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

• Explorers were motivated by wealth, power, prestige, trade, and spreading Catholicism.

• They built an empire including territories in South America, Africa, Asia, and Australasia.

• Portugal had a virtual monopoly on the African seaborne slave trade, lasting for over 100 years.

• It was the longest-lived of the modern European colonial empires.

Colonial BrazilColonial Brazil• The Portuguese arrived in 1500, and Brazil

remained their colony for over 300 years.• Brazil provided them with sugarcane, brazilwood,

gold, diamonds, and slaves.• More slaves were brought over from Africa to

help extract natural resources and serve the Europeans.

• Jesuits were sent over to Christianize the indigenous people.

• In 1808 the Portuguese court moved its government to Rio de Janeiro to escape Napoleon’s invasion.

• When they returned to Portugal in 1821, the regent of Brazil declared himself emperor and Brazil seceded from Portuguese rule.

• The Portuguese arrived in 1500, and Brazil remained their colony for over 300 years.

• Brazil provided them with sugarcane, brazilwood, gold, diamonds, and slaves.

• More slaves were brought over from Africa to help extract natural resources and serve the Europeans.

• Jesuits were sent over to Christianize the indigenous people.

• In 1808 the Portuguese court moved its government to Rio de Janeiro to escape Napoleon’s invasion.

• When they returned to Portugal in 1821, the regent of Brazil declared himself emperor and Brazil seceded from Portuguese rule.

Portuguese ExplorersPortuguese Explorers

• Ferdinand Magellan made the first voyage around the world in

• Vasco de Gama discovered an ocean route to the East

• Bartholomeu Dias led a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487

• Pedro Alvares Cabral was the first European to see Brazil in 1500

• Gaspar and Miguel Corte-Real explored Greenland and the coast of Newfoundland

• Ferdinand Magellan made the first voyage around the world in

• Vasco de Gama discovered an ocean route to the East

• Bartholomeu Dias led a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487

• Pedro Alvares Cabral was the first European to see Brazil in 1500

• Gaspar and Miguel Corte-Real explored Greenland and the coast of Newfoundland