How did Brazil get so big? (Short Animated Documentary)

Brazil is one of the largest countries in the world but Portugal's initial claim was tiny. So how did it grow to become such a large country and why did Spain allow that to happen? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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[@nowhere6732]

“The British wanted to keep good relations with Buenos Aires” Interesting sentence

[@MaxwellTornado]

The whole Falkland conflict is a post-WW2 thing. For most of its history, Britain was Argentina's main trading partner.

[@matid9687]

Argentina had lots of trade with the UK back then

[@freddekl1102]

Your point being? It was the Argentinians who invaded Falklands

[@Drunkieman]

It seems almost comical that a century later someone had to stop the British PM from levelling Buenos Aires with a nuke.

[@JLAvey]

Just recognize it as a joke and move on.

[@ChessedGamon]

It's like Brazil kept winning all its dice checks

[@MCsCreations]

You don't want to question it. You want to go home and rethink your life. ~waves the hand~

[@christopherk6923]

only when it has to deal with other countries, not when it has to deal with internal issues

[@FodaseNaoLigo]

​@@christopherk6923every country in existance

[@jokhard8137]

Bruh, is this a Disco Elysium reference?

[@dantefiore8442]

@@jokhard8137its any rpg game with a dice system reference

[@mrisoli]

Some correction: the last significant border change in Brazil was not in 1895, Acre belonged to Bolivia despite several disputes until 1903 when a treaty was signed and it was sold to Brazil

[@Thiago.Acquati]

O acre é tão esquecido que até o James Bizzonete cagou pra existência dele kkkkk Coitado dos acrianos

[@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031]

But the Acre doesnt exist.

[@mrlolmaster1019]

Correction: Acre does not exist, it is a fairytale in a book called The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

[@the0ne809]

yes... Acre which is a state that does not exist.

[@choppacast]

Let me add that AFAIK there are areas in Southern Brazil that were also incorporated after 1895, during the "Questão Palmas"

[@shiners3328]

James Bizonette, etc etc Kelly Moneymaker, obviously

[@adambashaxd420]

FRFR

[@jamesbissonette]

You know it

[@justt1984]

Facts

[@enterchannelname3213]

James Bizonette funded expeditions to the Amazon.

[@highlyeducatedtrucker]

How soon we forget Spinning Three Plates.

[@proof4469]

If anyone is wondering why Portugal agreed to that tiny land given by the pope, Portugal invested a lot into the African, Arabian and Indies (actual India) trade and colonization, so this treaty guaranteed Portuguese monopoly. Nobody at the time knew how big and profitable Americas would be at the time so Spain made a gamble when making the treaty.

[@lonecom685]

Portugal got the best of both worlds in the end

[@proof4469]

@@lonecom685well Portugal had it good until the British and Dutch basically kicked Portugal out of the Indian and Pacific ocean

[@RafitoOoO]

They also didn't know how big the American continent was, so for all they know they could've gotten most of the land anyway.

[@GBOAC]

There was no tiny land to be agreeable with, Brazil wasn't discovered until 1500.

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[@caiobartholomeu5578]

“Why was the Paraguayan war so bloody” could be a great vid tbh

[@joshuacampbell1625]

Modern warfare with medieval tactics. And while the war was incredibly bloody, more recent studies suggest that it wasn't AS bloody as is often portrayed.

[@mi-lo4ec]

@@joshuacampbell1625IDK the fact that Paraguay lost 70% of their male population compared to Germany in ww2 who lost only 46% of their male population, seems to be a very bloody war

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Yep

[@joshuacampbell1625]

@mi-lo4ec that's what I mean, though. It probably wasn't as high as 70%. The only source for that statistic is the census taken sometime after the war, which seems to have been incomplete due in no small part the destruction caused by the war in the first place. I've seen 30% to 50% suggested as more realistic figures. Don't get me wrong, that's still insanely high, but its possible to recover demographically from that. Once you're hitting 70%, that's neatly impossible.

[@angelzavala2254]

It's because Paraguay attacked neighbors that were way more powerful than itself, and that Brazil kept fighting Paraguay after Aregntina and Uruguay call for peace, as a sign of revenge.

[@Longshanks1690]

“The British wanted to promote good relations with Buenos Aires.” How times change. 😂

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Most of the time

[@DaveSCameron]

The same way we smh and laugh at the arcane stupidity of this situation our descendants will scratch their heads at our behaviour regarding the “Drug War” racket….🥳

[@georgebailey8179]

I don't think that has ever changed. If Argentina would only respect the wishes of the inhabitants to remain British, the UK would happily have great relations with Argentina. But Argentina won't give up its colonial dreams.

[@guadalupe8589]

​@@DaveSCameronno they won't, they'll be too high to understand what's going on...

[@guadalupe8589]

​@@georgebailey8179But, the Falklands was originally colonized. Not like the British are the original inhabitants

[@ravenwilder4099]

I guess the real question is why Portugal's South American territory all stayed in one piece after gaining independence, while Spain's colonies became a bunch of independent countries.

[@krasnamerah1926]

Portugal saw them as chains of colonies that needs to interact with each other to foster kindship and lessen the burden from Europe. Spain wanted their colonies to serve Spain first and even making some sort of rivalry between the colonies. Oh, also the rugged terrain impeded communications too and making the regional elites stronger.

[@oole0111]

Because of the royal court settling in Rio, and the fact that Portugal's prince declared the independence of Brazil, he reigned for a decade or so.

[@IsaacRaiCastillo]

In reality, it is for three reasons: first it is because the Portuguese are allies of the United Kingdom (which is why they never conspired against it as happened with Hispanic America); The second is because unlike the Spanish Viceroyalties, which had their own universities and therefore their own nationalist feelings apart from being Spanish, in Brazil the majority went to study in Portugal, to maintain that sense of Portuguese belonging; The third is that they had someone from the royal house who took the reins of Brazil, an idea that the Spanish could not do due to the capture of the king and his son by the French (although in reality it was Charles III of Spain , who several decades ago after the independence of the United States, did not want to carry out the reform that Aranda recommended to him to create three kingdoms in America, governed by his sons and to alleviate future attempts at independence).

[@leonardorivelorivelo9253]

Its because of the monarchy Brazil's independence was a son doing a coup on his own father per his own orders in a roundabout way to guarantee that they keep their rule over both places without a civil war

[@elyisusking3603]

Portugal never divided Brazil into Viceroyalties like Spain did (well they did for a short period of time just for later to be reincoporated into one colonial rule Brazil didn't suffered from a independence revolution tho, it was fairly peaceful and with little resistance from the Portuguese monarchy, althoughh Brazil was near the point of collapse after Pedro I abdicated but miraculously survived

[@ahmetkarl1229]

I have an economy midterm tomorrow and I'm sitting here, gladly watching the territorial evolution of Brazil from an amazing history channel. Totally worth it.

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[@JohnnyDoh]

Time to lock in

[@DirkusTurkess]

Damn, you can't even rely on working at McDonalds in your future, so maybe focus up on school.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

best of luck

[@jwal2]

How did it go?

[@JERIMIAH0ZENDIAH-db3gy]

I LOVE BRAZIL!!! love from Trinidad and Tobago 🇧🇷❤‍🔥🇹🇹

[@forever-wn8bu]

love you too back bro

[@LatinW321]

Am both Trini and Brazilian 😂

[@rl9217]

“How did Brazil get so big?” Brazil: A lot of eating and exercise. I’ve been trying hard to bulk up. I like to think that it’s a good look.

[@benoithudson7235]

“Beef. Lots and lots of beef.”

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Defeating all of their neighbours 🗿

[@rayelgatubelo]

@@benoithudson7235 Argentina: MY BEEF IS BETTER THOUGH

[@johnmitchell4124]

Plus Mexican supplements 😉

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[@lonecom685]

"How did Brazil get so big?" Brazil: sit ups, push ups and plenty of juice

[@robertmiller7921]

"I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANNA BE A BIGGER COUNTRY!"

[@arthuralexander1449]

another thing worth mentioning was that it was very important that the king of portugal decided to move to Brazil, which was a very unique move on his part to say the least, if he hadn't done that then Brazil would have probably break apart into many smaller potuguese speaking countries just like it happened with the spanish territories in the americas were basically every atempt at unification failed, the first mexican empire and republic of central america, Gran Colombia, Peru-Bolivia confederation and Argentina trying to annex Uruguay and Paraguay

[@Vishnujanadasa108]

The Portuguese used guns and disease against aboriginals with spears. They didn’t win their empires fighting hand-to-hand against the greatest empires of their day like Greeks and Romans did.

[@pliniojr95]

Yes, that's true. Before the king moved to Brazil, each region identified more with itself than with Brazil as a whole. The centralization brought by Dom João VI and a somewhat pacific independence afterwards secured brazil's territorial union.

[@FallenLight0]

@@Vishnujanadasa108 neither Spain, and look how the Spanish empire is now

[@morrismonet3554]

@@Vishnujanadasa108 Why didn't the aboriginals invent guns themselves. They didn't even have the wheel. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@comradeofthebalance3147]

@@morrismonet3554 I will bite. That is because gunpowder technology was something requiring the necessary resources and time to research it which the Tang-Song did, then Turks then the other Europeans. The natives had no real means for it. The wheel is something one would require if there are no other viable alternatives or that it was necessary. South America was densely packed with forests and was very mountainous in some at the same time. It did not have great plains like the Eurasian continent. There are reasons for these and not that they are what you comment implicitly implies.

[@Average_Bob_Semple]

Brazil got so big because James Bisonette got the pope to give Brazil god's blessing.

[@concept5631]

The Pope was given permission by James Bisonette to give Brazil God's blessing.

[@limeboiler5471]

@@concept5631 God was given permission by James Bisonette to give Brazil his blessing.

[@slyasleep]

He got a Brazilian.

[@Average_Bob_Semple]

@@concept5631 Hell Yeah

[@georgebailey8179]

Kelly Moneymaker bankrolled it too.

[@ender8759]

It's really interesting how Brazil managed to gain a large amount of territory by just diplomatic power. And it's currently at it's biggest extent ever.

[@jordanandrew2786]

If only modern Brazilian leaders were half as competent as their predecessors.

[@caiop.4972]

Not exactly true, as Brazil gained some land as a result of the Triple Alliance War, but other than that it was using only diplomacy.

[@godogs89]

They left out the bit where Brazil invaded and illegally stole land from the indigenous Bolivians.

[@duskpede5146]

smh brazil hugboxing and getting all their land from transfer wars

[@steroidbaggins2936]

@@godogs89lol sucks to be Bolivian meu amigo sem costa.

[@usdibad6292]

I wish the video touched upon how Brazil managed to stay united whereas the other Spanish colonies broke apart into smaller countries.

[@FULANODETAL]

b being an EMPIRE

[@marcus3445]

Because of a centralized government and ruler. Trying to leave was suicidal, and after a while, the states and territories give up trying. The only territory that was successful was Cisplatina, a.k.a Uruguay, but that was because Brazil kinda wanted them to be a buffer state between them and Argentina and because Uruguay speak spanish.

[@braziliantsar]

By having a colonial model that helped centralization, mostly. I'm pretty sure that not speaking spanish also helped with some nationalist ideas of keeping the country united to not fall under our neighbors or become divided like them.

[@proof4469]

Empire

[@FULANODETAL]

@@braziliantsar well its hard to send reinfoments when napoleon murder 1 millon spanish people

[@GeorgeP1066]

I have genuinely wondered about this ever since I learned about the boundaries in the Treaty of Tordesillas, so thank you for explaining it!

[@Thiago.Acquati]

Yeah the simple explanation lies in two major facts 1st the Iberian union 2nd the decline of Spain

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[@franbalcal]

i would have added how Portugal was ok with the treaty where they seemingly hot much less, because at the time they didnt know how big the America's were and how Portugal already had a very profitable trade network in Africa and Asia that they much rather the Spanish dont start competing with.

[@Omouja]

Yeah, this video is very short actually, Brazil expansion was way more than that, like the Acre conflict, Paraguayan war, and many more lands that we "win" by diplomacy.

[@joesomebody3365]

This video also secondarily helps explain why Uruguay is a thing, awesome. Keep up the great work History Matters.

[@murilocintra7527]

From Brazil, love this channel! Please make a vídeo about : “Why Brazil is no longer a Monarchy”!

[@samsmith2635]

Corruption, betrayal, ingratitude and sadness

[@dw4201]

Because the only real power keeping the emperor on the throne in the latter years of the monarchy was the support of the big landowners (all pro-slavery), and the abolishment of the slavery colapsed this support for the monarchy, most of the people were sympathetic to the emperor but didnt care enough about the monarchy itself to defend it when the coup came.

[@NoxideXR]

cause James Bisonette didnt like the monarchy

[@vitorpereira9515]

​@@samsmith2635 And we pay for that betrayal everyday. I want the monarchy back!

[@nameunknown6453]

3 reasons: 1- Positivismo 2- some in the military insatisfield with their condition under the regime 3- Old love rivarly

[@brunoventura3]

Actually the last border change happened in the now state of Acre, the westernest state of the country. It was part of Bolivia until 1899, when it declared it's independence, and after that was occupied by brazilian troops. Both countries came to an agreement called the Treaty of Petropolis in 1903 and Acre became a part of Brazil.

[@islanoliveira]

Acre's the brazilian Texas.

[@Trixzinho]

​​@@islanoliveira I would say that Acre is more like Ohio, at least in meme culture (don't exist, crazy shit happen there, magical lands, etc)

[@islanoliveira]

@@Trixzinho Both Acre and Texas were part of other countries, became independent and then were absorbed by the countries of the people that turned them independent.

[@Trixzinho]

@@islanoliveira Oh yeah, that's true my bad, I forgot about this fact (mainly because I didn't pay attention to your comment), anyway, I'm not a specialist on american history, but in Texas case it wasn't someting more "war-y"? Acre (or Brazil for that matter) sure had it's conflicts with Bolívia and and even Peru, but It wasn't so tense like Texas and México, you know?

[@islanoliveira]

@@Trixzinho Yes, Acre's case was calmer.

[@awesomehpt8938]

I always wondered why the border established by the treaty of tordesillas was overridden and Brazil ended up being bigger than was supposed to be.

[@benoithudson7235]

I thought it would be “well the treaty said I can claim the entire drainage basin” but I guess not.

[@MBHM001]

Uti Possidetis

[@Ecclesia_]

Obviously Portugal thought 'what the fuck?' after most of America was discovered :')

[@RafitoOoO]

​@@Ecclesia_while, yes, they also made a lot of effort in India.

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[@theplasmawolf]

"Until the Dutch showed up" feels like a theme. I am Dutch and it absolutely feels like a theme.

[@warpdarkmatter]

VAN DER LINDE???

[@mrnobody8316]

@@warpdarkmatterHave some god damm faith

[@TugaAvenger]

0:40 - Brazil was only discovered in 1500, so it's not actually known why Portugal pushed the line west. It may have been only to protect sea lanes, but it always led to speculation Portugal might have known something.

[@edmerc92]

The Portuguese had already rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1487 and knew that the best way to go around Africa was to make a wide sweep to the west to avoid the dangerous ocean currents. It’s very plausible that they ran into South America at some point, but they had no incentive to share this finding with the rest of Europe.

[@bbenjoe]

Fun fact: Until 1889 Brazil was an empire. First ruled by emperor Pedro I and then by his son, Pedro II respectively. Both of them were immensly popular, so the logical step was to stage a coup and abolish the monarchy, which happened in 1889.

[@braziliantsar]

What really happened was that Dom Pedro was really unpopular amongst the liberal politicians who were against slavery and pro industrialization. The coup took place because abolishing slavery was the last straw to the farmer oligarchy, who had the strongest lobby in the country. With that, they had no reason the keep the monarchy alive, so with the recent stronger army that was much more centralized after the Triple Alliance war, they did the pressure to depose him and his family.

[@nameunknown6453]

​@@braziliantsar You got it wrong mate. The *liberals* tended to be more averse to the idea of abolition than the conservatives since the liberals were more linked to the rural elites - so much so that all the abolitionist laws (Lei Eusébio de Queirós, Lei do Ventre Livre, Lei dos Sexagenários and Lei Áurea) were approved in moments in which the *conservative party* controlled parliament and the ministry. The liberals were, at the very least, in favor of a slower abolition process, giving time for the economy of their regions to readapt to the new reality. And the Emperor wasn't unpopuler amongst them, they just wanted the moderating power to be more limited and that the Brazilian government system should be more similar to the Westminster system (British parliamentarism) - Brazilian parliamentarism (or the reverse) was more like semi-presidentialism than parliamentarism.

[@FeudalRoach]

Brazil is crazy wild I need to get there someday

[@radidov5333]

is mental, I went there a couple of times.

[@Dabeyoun]

"You're going to Brazil!" Jokes aside, avoid Rio de Janeiro.

[@paulofrota3958]

pls don't...

[@FIREBRAND38]

@FeudalRoach Only if you want to get killed.

[@matmcd]

It's awesome here, but take care

[@pedrocruz-ds6bj]

2:39 most of this disputes were settled by a Brazilian diplomat called barão do Rio Branco, he was so based that even after the monarchy fell and the republic was proclaimed they continued calling him by his title, baron (barão).

[@juliosilveira7891]

Fun fact I: as "compensation" for taking so much land off the Tordesillas Treaty, Portugal gave Spain what is now Equatorial Guinea, in Africa. But they were so petty that from the 4 islands of its shore, Portugal gave only the southernmost and the northernmost, and the two remaining formed what is now the country of São Tomé and Príncipe.

[@fmetal7464]

Brasileiros de todas as partes do mundo, chegou a hora de comentar no vídeo do History Matters!!!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

😅

[@memofromessex]

Que?

[@braziliantsar]

Ah tá, como se ele já não tivesse feito vídeos sobre o BR antes

[@lonecom685]

O último foi lá em 2021 kkkk Fazia tempo que não éramos o tópico da vez

[@trolololololll]

Evitar a fadiga

[@matid9687]

One small correction, there was actually a war between the United Provinces and the Empire of Brazil that lasted 3 years and thus the treat of 1828 come into effect, the war was inconclusive so nobody really won except Uruguay. Therefore we can say that both United Provinces and Brazil lost

[@bcvetkov8534]

Brazilian history is so fascinating and awesome. Much love from America guys! (🇲🇰/🇺🇲❤️🇧🇷)

[@paratrooper02]

Yeah much love to America from Brazil too 🇧🇷🤝🇺🇲

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

As a Big Boy myself, Brazil's story really speaks to me

[@frigginjerk]

Brazil would not have gotten so big without the generous financial support of James Bisonette.

[@maxwellmueller9384]

John Bisonnette's ambitions are big.

[@inaworldfulloftrashbagsbet2023]

Big ambitions mean nothing without funding from Kelly Moneymaker

[@ianthompson7229]

James*

[@ibtaba]

As big as Brazil?

[@D.S.handle]

He’s the patron saint of history.

[@MrBattlecharge]

Who?

[@micahbush5397]

1:42 I had to rewind several times to figure out what land Portugal gave to Spain.

[@Spino2722]

What did they get?

[@micahbush5397]

@@Spino2722 A tiny bit of land at the southern tip.

[@Spino2722]

@@micahbush5397 oh ok I see now

[@juliosilveira7891]

Fun fact II. When negotiating the Tordesillas Treaty, both parts agreed to use Cape Verde as a reference. (The line would be drawn 360 leagues west of it). But after they signed, Portugal claimed that this was not the Cape Verde in Senegal as Spain assumed, bur rather the archipelago of Cape Verde (named after the place in Senegal), much further west, thus giving Portugal a much wider slab of the Brazilian coast.

[@pliniojr95]

Good point, especially for those who didn't understand why Portugal got a bigger chuck of land, as shown in 00:40-00:45.

[@felipejunqueira3468]

It is important to say that becoming a monarchy after independence was essential to keep the country united.

[@braziliantsar]

Debatable, considering this was used as a motive to pretty much every revolt during the empire. It was mostly the centralized model that kept the country as one.

[@Gustavo-wm1vl]

@@braziliantsar Exato, na real nem foi tanto pelo modelo monárquico em si, foi na base da porrada msm. A elite do Rio garantiu que qualquer outra elite provincial com aspirações de autonomia se mantivesse na linha, e negociou com as que estavam dispostas a obedecer

[@braziliantsar]

​@@Gustavo-wm1vlSim, isso mesmo. Tanto é que a monarquia caiu exatamente porque a elite do lobby agrário viu que não teria nada a ganhar mantendo o modelo monárquico após a abolição. Feliz e infelizmente,o Brasil herdeu um modelo de elite dominante que assegurou a hegemonia nacional. O lado bom é a unidade nacional que temos, o lado ruim é o fato desse modelo permitir uma corrupção absurda que vem da colônia até hoje.

[@Gustavo-wm1vl]

@@braziliantsar Simm, não passava de um grande pacto, um acordão, até na independência, tudo nesse país parece convergir pra isso kk. A elite apoiava o trono de D. Pedro I, e em troca, o monarca garantia o status quo da escravidão e os privilégios da capital, e quem discordasse o kct comia forte. No decorrer do séc.XIX com o avanço das lavouras de café, a escravidão se transformou o grande alicerce do regime de fato, mais do que o status da capital. Enfim, como vc disse, infelizmente mas felizmente né, nos mantivemos unidos, ainda q na marra. Vale mencionar tmb o trabalho da nossa diplomacia, essa sim excepcional. Em praticamente TODAS as disputas territoriais, nós, através de negociações e produção de documentos, conseguirmos levar a melhor. O caso do Amapá é emblemático, conseguimos o reconhecimento sobre uma potência europeia NO SÉC XIX. Quem arbitrou a disputa se não me engano foi a Suíça. Imagina o nível de qualidade dos documentos que os caras produziram pra convencer um monarca europeu a favorecer uma ex-colônia em detrimento de uma potência estabelecida (França), foda dmais

[@Gustavo-wm1vl]

​@@braziliantsar Simm, tudo não passava de um grande esquemão kkk, um pacto, parece q tudo nesse país converge pra isso kk. Enfim, acho q vale destacar tmb o trabalho, esse sim, excepcional da nossa diplomacia. Conseguimos estabilizar e negociar as disputas fronteiriças com TODOS os vizinhos, isso antes mesmo do séc.XX. O caso do Amapá é emblemático, a França reivindicava todo o território, quem arbitrou a disputa foi a Suíça. Agora vc imagine, o nível de qualidade dos documentos e argumentos que os caras produziram pra convencer um EUROPEU a favorecer uma EX-COLÔNIA em detrimento de uma potência estabelecida, foda dmais

[@Edunomat]

One correction: Brazil didn't let Uruguay become independent for fear a war against Argentina. In 1828, they was already in war against Argentina from 1825 and they was losing. But Argentina was running out of money and the total victory was still far away, then UK pushed for the independence of Uruguay and UK won.

[@FOLIPE]

Brazil wasn't "losing", it blockeaded Buenos Aires and controlled all major cities in Uruguay. It did lose important land battles but it was far from decided.

[@Argentvs]

@@FOLIPE Brazil lost all land battles. They never blocked the port, William Brown entered and exited as he wishes. All attacks on Argentine coastal towns were disasters for the IMperial Navy. They lost over a dozen ships to a 5 ships flotilla. Most of the time the Brazilians were fighting sand banks as they were ignorant of the rivers and constantly were lured by Brown and got stuck.

[@lucasithegreat2711]

We were not loosing, the brazilian imperial navy had won most naval battles and had Buenos Aires blockaded which was strangling Argie's economy. And throughout the whole conflict for Uruguay the major cities were kept under brazilian hands and argies couldn't take them. And argies are so pathetic that their greatest military pride was a single skirmish they won in this war, when they stumbled across a brazilian reiforcments force in the countryside of Uruguay and managed to make them retreat (battle of ituzaingo). If it wasn't for Britain's intervention by ending the war prematurely Argentina would loose steam and it woudn't take long for the Empire to gather enough forces for an offensive into argentinian territory considering we had them blockaded, they couldn't kick us out of Uruguay and also couldn't push into Brazil because they didn't have manpower for it. Argentina is pathetic. They think they fought us eye to eye, we think they were a minor inconvenience in that time.

[@j.c-6424]

​@@lucasithegreat2711Ituzaingo = Brazilian Army annihilated.

[@Argentvs]

@@lucasithegreat2711 you lost ALL land battles. Your blockade was ineffective, Brown broke it at will using the tides and sand banks, you lost more ships to sandbanks that ships you fought.

[@CJPHS98_GAMES]

Hey man, just wanted to say I’ve been watching you for years and it makes my day when you upload. Thank you for being so consistent! Keep it up man!

[@gustywind-de7xb]

The fact that we get free videos from History Matters on KZbin is priceless., keeping the education and knowledge alive. 👍

[@mevgod2160]

You remain to this day the undisputed goat of “I need to watch something while I eat” 2nd to none

[@mel-chan5567]

For real like I've watched all his videos dozens of times cause they're the perfect background noise for cooking and eating

[@akend4426]

The border disputes between the newly independent South American countries are an interesting topic. Some went on until the 1930’s! Hell, some still pop up even today, like the one between Venezuela and Guyana.

[@fransbuijs808]

And Bolivians would still love to get their access to the sea back.

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

​@@fransbuijs808damn masochists, lol

[@lynxfresh5214]

​@@fransbuijs808 Boliva got really done dirty in history, it went from being one of the most valuable parts of the Spanish Empire (after its independence had a lot potential promise) to a very unstable weak nation that lost land to its neighbours and between Brazil, Argentina and Chile has very little influence in South America affairs let alone Latin America at large.

[@TerminatorHIX]

Peru and Ecuador went to war over one of those territorial disputes in 1941.

[@MTTT1234]

At 1:28... that huge white stick, is that meant to represent the dividing line on the map?

[@christopherholder9925]

The real strength of your videos is that they answer questions I had not even thought to ask, but am happy to be informed about. Thank you.

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

*Love Brazil from Brazil.* 🇧🇷❤🇧🇷

[@MaGioZal]

The Iberian Union was a territorial blessing for the future Brazil - it allowed Portuguese-Brazilian explorer-trekkers (the Bandeirantes) to reach from the River Plate to the uncolonized North-Center interior of South America at a time when the Spanish were busy making colonies and mining enterprises in the surrounding Andean regions…

[@alkjhsdfg]

I love how you seamlessly (and accurately) update the period clothing of the characters as you move from century to century in the span of seconds.

[@Thiago.Acquati]

Lets go finaly another vídeo about my country, Thanks for sharing !

[@wickiezulu]

The only disappointment is Brazil did not gain access to the Pacific, after Brazil's Pedro I did not accept Bolivia’s offer to become a vassal.

[@PolishBehemoth]

2:30 Plan: 1)Make money 2) Dont get involved Me: This advice works for so many things in life! War, relationships, family conflicts, etc.

[@alexandermcveigh178]

I love the video as always!

[@AchyutChaudhary]

*I've always wondered why the 🇵🇹Portuguese let Brazil become 1 giant contry, but the 🇪🇸Spaniards divided Latin America into some 16 countries upon independence.*

[@Segadeth003]

A better question is why is your channel so awesome?

[@the_great_tigorian_channel]

A moment of silence for the loss of boogly woogly.

[@robdenini6972]

It's unbelievable how you can explain a complex and difficult subject so well, in a simple manner and covering all the basics of the issue, also dropping a quick word about the Uruguayan independence as well just because. And all in under four minutes

[@kormagogthedestroyer]

I really like these videos that are just about a country’s borders. Keep up the good work!

[@TheHylianBatman]

One thing I find humorous about the Treaty of Tordesillas is that Portugal claimed that it entitled them to ALL of Africa. Pretty significant rules lawyering, and it didn't work out, but it's very audacious!

[@RidleyScottOwnsFailedDictators]

All of Africa, all of India, all of China......Everything not discovered by Europeans east of the line.

[@grantorino2325]

All parts of Africa *not ruled by a Christian king* . Ethiopia was very much off-limits to European colonization. 🇪🇹

[@lmnop286]

​@@grantorino2325It included Ethiopia. That's why the Portuguese got involved in the Horn of Africa in the mid 1500s.

[@elocriativa]

Spinning Three Plates is criminally underrated

[@SP-td9xj]

When you say "spinning plates" it makes me think of a redpill version of Brazil's history "Spain was being a total simp and a beta so Portugal went alpha and took more land"

[@perk423]

It’s always nice to see this channel upload a new video and not once has the content not been interesting, thanks HM

[@SheppardOfNumenor]

Speaking of Brazil, wouldn’t the topic of the Nikkei becoming a demographic in Brazil be a charming video? Who knew there were so many Japanese-Brazilian’s in that country.

[@andrew_wow6892]

I expected the "short documentary" to be like a late april fools joke and actually be 60 minutes or something

[@tomfii]

1:45 I think you should have used an arrow or circle or something to show where the change was, so tiny

[@flavioc5389]

2:50 👆 You forgot one crucial event, the purchasing of Acre from Bolivia!

[@leonardorivelorivelo9253]

You just missed a small little thing, the last border agreement was actually with Bolivia over a place called Acre (which doesn't exist btw). It was settled in 1903 with Brazil getting the whole territory and only paying 2 million pounds and a singular horse

[@LostLinerLegend]

Brazil has a manifest destiny of her own

[@MrDennisWay]

Existem profecias do século XX sobre o Brazil o Quinto império é a Roma dos Trópicos.

[@IHeliosI]

1:55 I'd be more worried about the frogs...

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Another amazing video

[@TheTimurdempire]

Great video

[@AchyutChaudhary]

Next video idea: *Why the 🇵🇹Portuguese let Brazil become 1 giant contry, but the 🇪🇸Spaniards divided Latin America into some 16 countries upon independence?* Nice video btw!

[@Gustavo-wm1vl]

It has to do with the way the spanish organized their colonies, the native empires and peoples founded in each region, and specifically in Brazil, the way our elite made a pact with the monarchy after independence, ensuring that every revolt for autonomy or rebellion was crushed. So basically, we as Brazil stayed together by force kkkk the Rio elite enforced its rule over the territory and over time created the sense of unity we share today, for better and for worse kk. In Spanish America, there were multiple centers of power, and those elites each had their own agenda and were powerful enough to revolt and enforce it, which culminated in the creation of multiple states, each one controlled by its corresponding elite

[@historyspotextra0]

Throughout its history, Brazil engaged in treaties and diplomatic negotiations to acquire or define its borders with neighboring countries. For example, treaties such as the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), which divided South America between Portugal and Spain, influenced Brazil's territorial boundaries. Diplomatic efforts and agreements with neighboring countries further shaped Brazil's current borders.

[@Lusitanean]

Actually that’s mostly wrong. Portugal was the one that made most of those treaties. The treaty of Madrid (1750) was the best example of this. A huge swap of land was traded for Cisplatina, which benefited Portugal greatly. A lot of Spaniards were angry for this treaty (rightly so)

[@privateeyety5735]

Yay I guessed the rainforest reason right! Thanks for the vid!

[@iattacku2773]

Brazil in foreign relations: rolls constant d20s Brazil in domestic issues: rolls d5s

[@OsamasStory]

1:15 “NO Dutchies” 💀💀💀💀💀

[@edenetesantana7879]

By the way, you can still see Dutch-built buldings on the city of Recife

[@YorkGod1]

love these videos!

[@user-ss1sm9fl2h]

Very nice seeing my country as a subject of one of this channel's videos.

[@abcdef27669]

We have a lot of land, but it is hard to occupy everything. The majority of our people still lives nearby the coast.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Give some of that land to Venezuela so that they become rich.

[@streamlinedengine]

“Britain wanted to promote good relations with Buenos Aires” boy that didn’t age well

[@faustocastelhano7254]

Loved this one!!

[@Fenrisson]

Sure did enjoy! Do more videos on Brazil!

[@oumaechamp3657]

Uruguay: the Belgium of South America

[@driverafranqui]

At 1:44, when the narration says "but at the cost of giving this to Spain.", I had no idea what had changed in the map... had to rewind a couple times until 1:58 when it was highlighted.

[@krimux3076]

As usual good video

[@edsonfilho9429]

Wow finally a video all about Brazil!! Awesome man! Please keep making some more Brazilian/South American history, we got a rich history down here as well!!

[@Hallows4]

It’s not just the size but the shape that’s crazy. The eastern most point of Brazil is closer to Africa than its northern most point is to the continental United States.

[@ender8759]

Yes. Brazil has a triangle like shape which fits very well with It's flag.

[@lynxfresh5214]

Kinda interesting three of the five largest nations in the world are all global powers while the 2nd (Canada) and 5th (Brazil) largest countries are only regional powers not even great powers.

[@Dabeyoun]

There is a Brazilian joke that goes something like... When God was creating Brazil, he didn't put any earthquakes or hurricanes, placed great weather, lots of mineral and vegetal riches. An angel, upon seeing this, wondered "Lord, what a beautiful place! It will be the closest to paradise on Earth!" to with God replied "HAH! Just wait and see what type of people I shall put there".

[@andrasszabo1570]

​@@lynxfresh5214 it's hard to be surprised about Canada when most of its territory is almost to entirely unsuitable to human habitation due to the cold. Same with Russia, plus they don't even have an exit to one ocean, let alone two.

[@edmerc92]

I agree that it's an interesting shape but ... South America is pretty far away from the USA. It's not that shocking that part of Brazil would be closer to Africa.

[@DarthEnderX]

The Portuguese Royal Family relocated to Brazil? I want to hear more about that! You don't get a lot of colonizers moving to their own colony.

[@SuperCacazinho]

For a time, the Portuguese Empire capital was Rio de Janeiro

[@braziliantsar]

Yeah it was an effort to run away from Napoleon. It was sort of a government in exile for Portugal, and a central government in Brazil for the first time, as it stopped being a colony and became a kingdom, part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve

[@Illumisepoolist]

Nice vid!

[@HighMountain553]

Love your videos

[@Sabrowsky]

There are two things that make this story more interesting. 1: Acre, a small corner of the Northwest, which is the most remote territory of Brazil, and all the times the country actively attemted to get rid of it. 2: The time in the 50s when the insane Brazilian president, Jânio Quadros, wanted to invade French Guiana. Because he was insane

[@WallsEryx]

The best part about Jânio Quadros was when he resigned expecting the population to clamour for him to stay and gain more powers... but then Brazilians were actually like "uh... ok, then. Call in the vice-president."

[@braziliantsar]

"Insane" just because it was the cold war and it would go extremely wrong for us, but France had been having some enormous diplomatic disrespect with us ever since the end of WW2. De Gaulle even called us an incompetent country, and during the same period of Jânio Quadros, the lobster war almost set ablaze.

[@TheGrenadier97]

FI-LO PORQUE QUI-LO

[@LeonardoMenezes03]

I would say Amapa is the most remote territory, since there's no land connection with the rest of the country. 1/3 of the population of French Guiana is brazilian (by blood or by birth).

[@MrDennisWay]

@@LeonardoMenezes03 assim que a França desmoronar sobre si mesma por causa da imigração nós vamos pegar a Guiana relaxa

[@user-vl3tp4eg3h]

Speaking of borders, video idea: Why is there that little strip of Russo-chinese border between Kazakhstan and Mongolia(if there is any reason) I'm genuinely curious

[@Buy_YT_Views_819]

keep up the hard work

[@TioDeive]

Finally a video about Brazil. Thank you.

[@florianebner934]

James Brasilonette

[@SeoulMan]

As a kid, I always thought Brazil looked like an overweight seahorse or shrimp. Viva o Brasil!

[@adambashaxd420]

Hell na but frfr 💀

[@vids_0429]

Oh God I see the seahorse...

[@sirzezin4950]

Brazil mentioned! Brazil número one! 🇧🇷 🎉❤

[@ArthurCSchaper]

Fascinating!!!

[@Frostenheim]

James Bisonette bought the new lands for Brazil

[@jemandanderes7075]

0:20 Wasn't Christopher Columbus' Voyage sponsored by spain (or to be precise, castile)?

[@lmnop286]

Glad it did because its shape and size looks so good on the map.

[@definitelynotadam]

This video made me feel like playing some Sid Meier's Pirates! remake.

[@jessetorres8738]

Trivia note: The U.S. game show The Amazing Race has been on for 35 Seasons, & they have been to Brazil for 7 of them; 2, 9, 13, 18, 27, 29, & 32.

[@concept5631]

Interesting

[@bananenmusli2769]

The Amazing Race is what the Germans called themselves around 80 years ago

[@GhostBear3067]

And in one of those contestants in Salvador were trying to get taxis to a ferry across the plaza from where they were.