painting of Dom Pedro II, second emperor of Brazil. When Napoleon conquered Portugal in 1807, King João VI fled to Brazil, making the colony the seat of the Portuguese government until 1821. Brazil prospered greatly during this time, as trade with other nations, especially England, was opened. When King João VI returned to Portugal, he left his son Dom Pedro as regent in Brazil. When the Portuguese attempted to force Brazil to return to its former subordinate status, the Brazilians rallied around Pedro who declared independence on September 7, 1822. Pedro faced many politicaI problems and an unpopular war with Argentina during his reign, and was forced in 1831 to resign in favor of his five year old son, Pedro II.Quadro de Dom Pedro II, seg...
View of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay from the hilltop of the Corcovado on which ...
The Serra dos Órgãos near the city of Rio de Janeiro forms part of the Serra do Mar mountain range, ...
Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region an...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resourcepainting of Dom Pedro II, second emperor of Brazil. When Napoleon ...
19) The emperor\u27s crown in the Imperial Museum in Petrópolis (66 kms north of Rio de Janeiro). ln...
Coffee plantation casarão (big house) in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was labor intensive and when ...
The Laranjeiras Palace in Rio de Janeiro, still used by the state governor, was built during the ear...
The entrance to Guanabara Bay, leading to the cities of Niterói and Rio de Janeiro, is flanked by fo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA pau-brasil (brazilwood) tree. The French challenged Portugal's h...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFreshly picked coffee beans. The reign of Pedro II (18401889) is ...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFort Orange, located near Olinda (Pernambuco), was built by the Du...
View of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay from the hilltop of the Corcovado on which ...
The Serra dos Órgãos near the city of Rio de Janeiro forms part of the Serra do Mar mountain range, ...
Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region an...
Teaching ResourceTeaching Resourcepainting of Dom Pedro II, second emperor of Brazil. When Napoleon ...
19) The emperor\u27s crown in the Imperial Museum in Petrópolis (66 kms north of Rio de Janeiro). ln...
Coffee plantation casarão (big house) in southern Minas Gerais. Coffee was labor intensive and when ...
The Laranjeiras Palace in Rio de Janeiro, still used by the state governor, was built during the ear...
The entrance to Guanabara Bay, leading to the cities of Niterói and Rio de Janeiro, is flanked by fo...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceA pau-brasil (brazilwood) tree. The French challenged Portugal's h...
Various colonial constructions in the Pelourinho district in the Salvador (BA). In 1549, the Portugu...
Richly adorned gold altar in Tiradentes (Minas Gerais). The mining wealth of Minas Gerais permitted ...
Azulejos (tiles) in the courtyard of the Church of the Ordem Terceira de Sdo Francisco with a view o...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFreshly picked coffee beans. The reign of Pedro II (18401889) is ...
View of the Pelourinho historical district in Salvador (Bahia). The failure of the capitancy system ...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFort Orange, located near Olinda (Pernambuco), was built by the Du...
View of the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay from the hilltop of the Corcovado on which ...
The Serra dos Órgãos near the city of Rio de Janeiro forms part of the Serra do Mar mountain range, ...
Downtown area of colonial Cachoeira. Sugar and tobacco estates flourished in the Reconcavo region an...