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Brazilian History

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  1. What did the Lei Áurea of 13 May 1888 do?
  2. In which year did Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet reach the coast of what is now Brazil?
  3. In which year did the military coup that began the military regime occur in Brazil?
  4. Who proclaimed Brazil's independence on 7 September 1822?
  5. Which monetary programme launched in 1994 introduced the real and tamed inflation?
  6. Which war, fought between 1864 and 1870, pitted Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay against Paraguay?
  7. Which Brazilian force fought in Italy during the Second World War?
  8. Who was the best-known leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares, which fell in 1695?
  9. Which law of 1979 allowed many political exiles to return to Brazil?
  10. What did the arrival of the Portuguese royal family in Rio de Janeiro in 1808 lead to?
  11. How did Portugal organise the colonisation of Brazil from 1534?
  12. Which president resigned in 1992 during impeachment proceedings in Brazil?
  13. Which Dutch governor ruled Dutch Brazil in Pernambuco from 1637 to 1644?
  14. What event of 1789 led to the execution of Tiradentes in 1792?
  15. Which movement ended the monarchy in Brazil on 15 November 1889?
  16. Which dictatorial regime, lasting until 1945, did Getúlio Vargas establish in 1937?
  17. What was the Canudos War (1896-1897)?
  18. What was Institutional Act No. 5 (AI-5), issued in December 1968?
  19. What was the Revolta da Chibata of 1910?

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