History of Brazilian nationality History of Brazilian nationality Located in South America, Brazil is the fifth largest and fifth most populous nation in the world. First discovered by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral on April 22, 1500, it remained a Portuguese colony until it declared its independence on September 7, 1822. Brazil's economy was largely based on agriculture and mining; specifically the production of sugar and tobacco for export. As a result, land was concentrated in the hands of relatively few wealthy, plantation-owning families, and production was largely dependent on slave labor. The intermixing of these Europeans and Blacks, as well as the native
British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland This article is about British nationality law in respect of citizens of Ireland. The latter is referred to in British nationality law as the "Republic of Ireland" and was previously referred to as "Eire" "(sic)" between 1937 and 1949 and as the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1937. (This article does not discuss Irish nationality law). When the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1922, the existing status of "British subject" was, from the point of view of British nationality law, left unaffected. Broadly