Key+Events

Key Events:

 * Joao enters Brazil to escape from Napoleon, who was about to invade Portugal
 * Joao made the capital of the Portugal Empire Rio de Janeiro of Brazil
 * People expect Joao's stay in Portugal to be temporary, but he still hadn't left even when Napoleon had left Portugal
 * Leaders of the revolution demanded Joao's return to Brazil and they wanted a limited monarchy
 * Joao returns to Portugal in fear of losing his crown; he left his son, Pedro, to rule in his place
 * Brazilians found out about the revolutions occurring in the Spanish colonies; Brazil's leaders wanted to free their colonies
 * The Portuguese were worried that Pedro would declare Brazil independent, but they wanted him to come too Portugal, too.
 * Pedro was staying near Sao Paulo when he was ordered to come to Portugal; he refused, making Brazil independent from Portugal
 * Pedro begins calling himself Pedro I and declares himself emperor of Brazil
 * Though Brazil was a huge country, and some people thought that it would break up into little colonies, Pedro I managed to hold the country together
 * Pedro I and his son, Pedro II, ruled Brazil for over 65 years
 * Finally, in 1889, Pedro II gave up his crown and Brazil became a republic