Brazil 1800’s
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Essay title: Brazil 1800’s
Population: 4.4 million by 1822. White population was 2 million, making up almost half of the population.
Religions: Cathlocism was most popular. Also, Protestants, Jews, Euangelical Christians, and opinulast religions as of African origin like Macomba, etc.
Ethnicity: 2 Million of the people were white. Other ethnicities included Portuguese, Spanish, and African Natives.
Trade Markets: Sugar, gold and diamonds, Coffee, tobacco, soybeans, corn, and rice. Also many fruits such as oranges, lemons, mangoes, guavas, passion fruit, and tangerines
War: French invade Portugal in 1807, In 1817 Pernambuccan revolution against British regency fails but deepens anti-British sentiment, War with United Provinces of Rнo de la Plata (Cisplatine War) from 1925-28, Cabanagem rebellion in Parб in 1835-37, War of the Farrapos (ragamuffins), also known as the Farroupilha rebellion, in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul from 1835-45, Sabinada rebellion in Salvador, Bahia in 1837-38, in 1842 there were rebellions in Minas Gerais and Sгo Paulo.
Government: In January 1822 Declaring Brazil independent, Pedro I forms new government headed by Josй