It was a settlement plan devised by General James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia colony, in order to attract poor but deserving British citizens to the land. These individuals would be given land and tools to start a new life in America, and would be responsible for the defense of the colony against Spain. The Georgia Act helped to bring many English settlers to Georgia, most of them debtors and other "unfortunates."
The process of immigration in Brazil began in 1850 with the end of the slave trade. Wanting to erase the Brazilian slaveholding heritage, the government began to encourage the entry of European immigrants, in order to promote the whitening of the population. Characteristics of immigration in Brazi
he was born in Piura but grew up in Paita On July 27, 1834, Don Miguel Grau Seminario was born in the city of Piura, father was Don Juan Manuel Grau and Berrío, born in Cartagena de Indias, in Colombia, of Catalan descent, who reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Liberation of the North Ex
An interview by the journalist César Hildebrandt with Juan Velasco Alvarado, published in the magazine Caretas on February 3, 1977.General, now perhaps you have time to make reflections that you could not do before, have you about the true objective of his government? Yes, I have.How would you rate
Thebrazilwood cycle occurred during the pre-colonial phase (1500-1530) of Brazil. It was the first product to be explored by the Portuguese during the time of colonization. The pau-brasil is a tree native to the Atlantic Forest that was already used by the Indians for dyeing fabrics. So, when the P