Team Corinthians A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL. 1958 – 1 ST WORLD CUP VICTORY.
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Transcript of Team Corinthians A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL. 1958 – 1 ST WORLD CUP VICTORY.
Team Corinthians
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRAZIL
1958 – 1ST WORLD CUP VICTORY
1962 – 2ND WORLD CUP VICTORY
1970 – BRAZIL BECOMES TRI – 3RD WIN
1994 – NUMBER FOUR IN USA
2002 – 5TH AND THE DROUGHT BEGINS
THE DAWN OF TIME – SOUTH AMERICA SECEDES
900 BC – 1500 AD: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE• Similar to North America, Brazil was originally inhabited by
tribes of indigenous people, called the Tupi or Tupinamba
• Tribes spoke a common language but were constantly at war with other tribes; practice of cannibalistic rituals on captured enemies occurred
• Around 1MM Tupi existed around 1500 when the Portuguese began settling
• Mostly wiped out or assimilated, a few reservations of Tupi still exist
• In 1494, Treaty of Tordesillas divided the new world with arbitrary line: west of the line was Spain’s, east was Portugal’s; Portugal unknowingly ended up with much of Brazilian coast
• In 1500, Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal
1500 – SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SAIL TO AMERICAS, CONQUER
• Brazil declared its independence from Portugal and became the Empire of Brazil
• Pedro I became Emperor of Brazil; many rebellions followed
1822 – EMPIRE OF BRAZIL
• Brazil became the Republic of the United States of Brazil
• Although officially a democracy, only certain people could vote
1889 – OLD REPUBLIC
• Impact of worldwide depression leads to fall of the republic
• Getulio Vargas rides populist movement to power
• Brazil forced into WWII, supports Allies with BEF in Italy
• Republic restored briefly, known as the Republic of ‘46
1930 – END OF THE OLD REPUBLIC
• Growing military influence and fear of Communism leads to rebellion
• Army Marshal Castello Branco becomes first military dictator (appointed President)
• Leads to a period of nationalism, economic development, and repression of freedoms in the name of anti-communism
1964 – MILITARY DICTATORSHIP
• Post-1964 policies spurred external trade faster than economy – significant growth in exports and imports
• 1968-1973 rapid growth (GDP Growth - 13.1%)
• Consumer durables, transportation equipment, steel, cement, electricity
• Considerable modernization in industrial sector
• Semi-process manufactured exports - % of total exports
• 1963: 5%; 1974: 29%
1977: MANUFACTURED GOODS EARN MORE THAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
• 1984: Public demonstrations made it clear military rule would not continue
• New Republic: End of military regime – last military hand-picked President
• New constitution drafted (wishes of passing President) and implemented 1988, replacing authoritarian legislation
• 1989 – first presidential elections by popular ballot (29 year lapse)
• 2010 – First woman elect president of Brazil
1985: BRAZIL RETURNS TO DEMOCRACY
• One star for each World Cup Championship
• 1958
• 1962
• 1970
• 1994
• 2002
IMPORTANT DATES IN BRAZILIAN HISTORY