HIST 8B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tupian Languages, Paulistas, Bandeirantes
Lecture 5 History 8B
Paraguay
● Guarani of Asuncion
○ advanced culture
○ small proportion of Spaniards in Paraguay: created a mestizo society, able to
preserve culture
● Supplied Potosi mines with goods
● Importance of native lineage, household
● Spaniards take multiple wives
● Cultural interaction, little migration
● Jesuit missions
● Western powers: British and French surpass Spain in technology and in military
● Increased tension in peripheral areas in the last stages of empire
○ safeguard these areas from the British and French
Southern Brazil
● Sao Paulo on coastal plain, Paulistas
○ integrated economically through sugar commerce
● Tupian peoples: original inhabitats
○ captured by Portuguese bandeiras and sold as slaves
● Baneiras and bandeirantes of sertao
● Enslaving of the inhabitants of Brazil were an important economic venture in the
beginning
● Gold in early 18th century, coffee in 19th century
○ based on slave economy
● Viceroyalty moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro in 1755
○ massive migrations, boom towns
○ networks of road and trade and economic goods created
○ Portuguese society enter interior of Brazil
○ integration into the colony economy
● Migration of slaves from north to south
Buenos Aires
● Utilized as contraband port for Potosi silver
○ Potosi: largest silver mine
○ goods smuggled to Spain, England, France (including silver)
● Very slowly integrated into Spanish economy
● Vast plains of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil
○ cattle introduced
● Traded salted beef, leather goods, and European products up Rio de la Plata to
Tucuman and Cordoba for silver
○ used to trade inner colony
● Viceroyalty not established until 1777
● Merchant elite
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Document Summary
Small proportion of spaniards in paraguay: created a mestizo society, able to preserve culture. Western powers: british and french surpass spain in technology and in military. Increased tension in peripheral areas in the last stages of empire. Safeguard these areas from the british and french. Sao paulo on coastal plain, paulistas integrated economically through sugar commerce. Captured by portuguese bandeiras and sold as slaves. Enslaving of the inhabitants of brazil were an important economic venture in the beginning. Gold in early 18th century, coffee in 19th century. Viceroyalty moved from bahia to rio de janeiro in 1755. Networks of road and trade and economic goods created. Portuguese society enter interior of brazil integration into the colony economy. Migration of slaves from north to south. Utilized as contraband port for potosi silver. Goods smuggled to spain, england, france (including silver) Traded salted beef, leather goods, and european products up rio de la plata to.
