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Class SystemCaptaincy SystemMasters and Slaves- Tendency to identify
labor with slavery gave rise to a large class or “poor whites”
Mazombos (Brazilian-born whites)VS. Reinois (Peninsulars)
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Class System In the sugar-growing northeast, the great
planters became a distinct aristocratic classIn the cattle- raising regions of the south, the
greater freedom of movement of workers gave society a more democratic tone
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Economic SituationCaptaincy SystemFrench, Dutch, and English Challenges-
economic struggle against foreign nations promoted unity
Pombaline Reforms( ~ Bourbon Reforms)- sought to improve economy, but was ineffective
Mercantilist SystemNapoleon’s invasion of Portugal
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Indigenous PeopleBanderiantes ( ~Kurakas), who were
themselves mestizos in most cases, practiced slave raiding
Pombaline Reform forbade enslavement > indigenous people intermarried and became part of the population
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Political SituationInefficient governors- overlapping functions
& intervention of home governmentSenado de Camara (~Juntas)- wealthy
merchants, planters, & professionals men