San Leon. Original Mexican colonization laws allowed only people of Mexican or Spanish decent to settle on coastal land. However, Stephen F. Austin became the first American empressario given permission to colonize the Galveston Bay area. He sold a league of land bordering Galveston Bay and Dickinson Bayou to Amos Edwards in 1828. The Edwards family lived and ranched on the estate for nearly a decade.
Brazil is famous for its soccer team and culture, better known as âJogo Bonito.â The beautiful style of Brazilian soccer players has wowed the world because it is highly entertaining.
Brazil was an exploitation colony of Portugal from 1500, when it was discovered, up until 1808 approximately, which means that first Brazilian redwood (which was the color of ember, brasa in Portuguese, thus the name Brasil), then sugar cane and later coffee were grown and shipped away to Europe.