The Portuguese Empire

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History of Portugal

• In the next two centuries, Portugal gradually lost much of its wealth

• Signs of military began with two disastrous battles: the Battle of Alcacer Quibir, Morocco in 1578 and Spain's abortive try to conquer England in 1588.

• From the middle of the 19th century to the late 1950s, two-million Portuguese left Europe to live in Brazil and the United States.

The Monarchy in Portugal

• In 1910, there was a revolution that deposed the monarchy

• The republic was unable to solve the country's problems.

• The new government instituted sweeping democratic reforms and granted independence to all of Portugal's African colonies in 1975.

Portugal in the Period of the Discoveries

• July 25, 1415 marked the beginning of the Portuguese Empire, when the Portuguese Armada departed to the rich trade Islamic Centre of Ceuta in North Africa with King John I.

• Between 1427 and 1431, most of the Azorean islands were discovered and these uninhabited islands were colonized by the Portuguese in 1445.

Portuguese Empire

• Was the first global empire in history.• The Muslim attempt to retake Ceuta was

ultimately unsuccessful and Ceuta remained the first part of the new Portuguese Empire.

• Soon it expanded the Portuguese Empire.• The Portuguese did not give up their

exploratory efforts. • In 1448, on a small island known as Arguim off

the coast of Mauritania, a castle was built.

Colonial Brazil

• In the history of Brazil, Colonial Brazil, the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to kingdom.