During the XVI century, an important group of colonial elite was formed through participation in the govern of conquests. in this period of the ocupation of Atlantic Coast, from São Vicente to Belém do Pará, each step foward helped to strenght the colonial elite in its birth and growth process. ...
(Show more)During the XVI century, an important group of colonial elite was formed through participation in the govern of conquests. in this period of the ocupation of Atlantic Coast, from São Vicente to Belém do Pará, each step foward helped to strenght the colonial elite in its birth and growth process. This work shows two diferent movements, the construction of a colonial elite in Portuguese America and the territorial consolidation of portuguese rule in Brazilian coast. Those movements are parallels and one complements the other. And, as the necessitu of defense of the new territory conquered demand a local population faithful to the Portuguese Crown and a new productive struture, we can say that the colonial dynamic defined as "Antigo Sistema Colonial"(Ancient Colonial System) was structured in this stage of Brazilian colonization
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