Indigenous People In The Americas

Explorers from the European countries were some ways in contact with indigenous people in the Americas even before the start of Atlantic slave trade. The Portuguese Empire involvement in Latin America and especially Brazil was started when Pope Alexander VI came up with Demarcation Line in 1493, which divided land of West Indies and North America into east and west and the Portuguese were handed the east side and the west was given to the Spanish which is known as the Treaty of Tordesillas. As the fifteen century was turning in to the sixteen century, the Portuguese interest in luxuries grew substantially to bolster their economic prosperity. These luxuries that Portuguese were after was sugar, gold and silver. The interest in mining and the

The natives living there what Europeans called “New World” had been divided by languages, cultural, landscape, and ritual practices. Some groups were embedded in rivalry while others were living is peace. During the sixteen century as more and more Portuguese started sailing to Brazil and with them they brought their own traditions but the most notable thing was their religion of Catholicism. Many of these European were missionaries who enthusiastically sought to spread the words of Christianity to indigenous peoples were driven by a sense of duty. They felt like it was their right to teach gospel to those who have never heard it, thus offering a chance to be “saved”. The framework of Iberian Christianity should not be taken for granted. In journal by Carole where she discuss the “persistence” of “messianic tradition” in colonial Brazil and further clarify the messianic tradition as she says “Supplanted Jesus in his role as a messiah for the earthly realization of kingdom of God and with the power thus attributed….refashioned the enemies of the crown into demons and Anti-Christ” . This show that the people known as Paulistas brought with them was the religious message that was represented by their king. Although, the natives was not against the idea of learning about the Christian faith and their God. However it was their viciousness that natives began to