Age of Pombal, 1750-1777
Transformation of colonial state and economy
- Established Board of Trade (1755), Royal Treasury (1761)
- Expulsion of Jesuits, 1759
- “Moor, white, negro, mulatto, or mestizo, all will serve, all are men, and are good if they are well-governed.”
- “Population is everything; many thousands of leagues of desert [jungle] serve nothing.”
- Creation of new captaincies; viecroyalty seat moved to Rio, 1763.
- Established public schools to replace Jesuit schools.
Strengthening of Portugal and Brazil