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How did Brazil become a Portuguese colony

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Chapter South America

Most of the present-day country of Brazil was east of the line drawn in the Treaty of Tordesillas, so it became Portuguese territory in 1506. Brazil’s official language is Portuguese, making it the only Portuguese-speaking country in South America.

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