World History › Section S · Latin American independence › Topic S.4
Brazil and Portuguese South America
Brazil followed a path unlike any of its neighbours. A European royal family moved its court there, its independence was proclaimed by the heir to the Portuguese throne, and it emerged as a single, vast empire that kept both monarchy and slavery for most of the century.
In this topic
- A colony built on slavery
- The court crosses the Atlantic
- Rio, capital of an empire
- Lisbon demands the king back
- Independence declared
- A war of independence
- Worked example: why Brazil stayed united
- The Constitution of 1824
- Worked example: change or continuity?
- Pedro I's fall and the long empire
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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