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= ﻿ Rio de Janeiro = = History of Rio de Janeiro =

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A group named Gaspar de Lemos sailed from Portugal to Brazil. The Portuguese made it to the bay of Brazil in January of 1502, later after the Lemos settled they named the bay Rio de Janeiro. The land that the Portuguese thought they found was French land that the French took from the Tamoio people who were native in Rio.======

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The French and Tamoio people formed an alliance to try and kick the Portuguese out because they invaded and were very cruel to the people their. The French and Tamoio fought together against the Portuguese, but the Portuguese beat the Tamoio and then forced them to leave the region.======

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The ones that didn't leave were took as slaves or later died of the disease that Europeans brought over with them. After the portugese had taken over other land they then made other towns like Morro Castelo around the late 1560's======