Andrew Oliver - Secretary of Massachusetts
James Otis - Attorney General of Massachusetts
Samuel Adams - Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
John Hancock - Wealthy Boston merchant and future governor of Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin - Agent for the Massachusetts General Court in London
Richard Henry Lee - Attorney and future member of the Continental Congress from Virginia
Patrick Henry - Lawyer and future governor of Virginia
George Washington - Future president of the United States
The Oligarchic Republic (1894-1930) is characterized by the alternation of power between the coffee oligarchies of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The presidents of this time were elected, in most cases, by the São Paulo Republican Party and the Mineiro Republican Party. From the 1930s o
The Colonial Brazil , in the History of Brazil, is the period that comprises the period from 1530 to 1822. This period began when the Portuguese government sent to Brazil the first colonizing expedition led by Martim Afonso de Souza. In 1532, he founded the first settlement, Vila de São Vicente, o
Tiradentes, nickname of Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (1746-1792), was one of the participants of the Inconfidência Mineira, a movement that aimed to proclaim the captaincy of Minhas Gerais as an independent Republic. Sentenced for treason, he received the death penalty by hanging, being hanged in 17
The Brazilian participation in the Second World War began on September 16, 1944, lasted seven months and aimed to liberate Italy. Brazil in World War II Brazil entered World War II after giving in to pressure from the US government to end the period of neutrality adopted by President Getúlio Vargas