The State of Brazil ( pt, Estado do Brasil) was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire, in the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...

during the period of

Colonial Brazil Colonial Brazil ( pt, Brasil Colonial) comprises the period from 1500, with the arrival of the Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal as the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. Dur ...

History

In 1621, the Governorate General of Brazil was split into two states, the State of Brazil and the State of Maranhão. The state was created on June 13, 1621 by

Philip II of Portugal Philip III ( es, Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621. A member of the House of Habsburg, Phi ...

.Mundo Vestibular: BRASIL COLÔNIA
/ref> This action divided Portuguese America into two administrative units, with the capital of the State of Brazil located in São Salvador and the capital of the State of Maranhão located in São Luís. The State of Brazil became a Viceroyalty in January 1763, when the capital of the State of Brazil was transferred from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.

Composition

The State of Brazil originally included 12 of the original 15 captaincies, all except Ceará (which became subordinate to Pernambuco later) and Maranhão, two parts, which included the subcaptaincy of Para west of the Tordesillas Line at that time (north to south): * Captaincy of Rio Grande de Norte * Captaincy of Paraíba (southern Rio Grande & Itamaraca) * Captaincy of Pernambuco * Captaincy of Bahia * Captaincy of Ilhéus (became a ''comarca'' of Bahia in 1761) * Captaincy of Porto Seguro * Captaincy of Espírito Santo *

Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...

(São Tomé and São Vicente first section) *

Captaincy of Santo Amaro A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...

Captaincy of São Vicente The Captaincy of São Vicente (1534–1709) was a land grant and colonial administration in the far southern part of the colonial Portuguese Empire in Colonial Brazil. History In 1534 King John III of Portugal granted the Captaincy to Martim ...

(second section, later renamed Captaincy of São Paulo e Minas de Ouro) * Captaincy of Santana

Captaincies created by the state

* Captaincy of Alagoas 1817 from Pernambuco * Captaincy of Ceará 1799 re-split from Pernambuco (previously existed as one of 15 original donatary captaincies) * Captaincy of Goiás * Captaincy of Mato Grosso * Captaincy of Minas Gerais * Captaincy of São Paulo *

Captaincy of Sergipe A captaincy ( es, capitanía , pt, capitania , hr, kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule a ...

1820 from Bahia * Captaincy of Rio Grande do Sul (from region of Rio Grande de Sao Pedro) * Captaincy of Santa Catarina

References

External links

{{coord missing, Brazil

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Colonial Brazil Portuguese colonization of the Americas

Former subdivisions of Brazil 1621 establishments in Brazil 1815 disestablishments in Brazil he:מדינת ברזיל lt:Brazilijos vicekaralystė

History

Composition

Captaincies created by the state

See also

References

External links