Pernambuco and São Vicente prospered because of the planting of sugarcane and because they founded villages, donated sesmarias, and collaborated in the settlement and protection.
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medieval canonical tradition
Medieval canonical tradition understood that the pope, God's representative on earth, holds universal jurisdiction over the lands.
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sesmaria
The sesmaria was a mechanism to facilitate access to land.
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secular laws
The formation of- secular- laws was opposed to medieval, often customary traditions.
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Portugal
The institution of the hereditary captaincies inherited, with some specificities, the royal grant of lordship in ________ in the Late Middle Ages.
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Sesmeiro
Sesmeiro: former Portuguese magistrate elected to divide and distribute the sesmarias . }.
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expedition of Martim Afonso de Sousa
The Martim Afonso de Sousa patrolled the coast and even expelled the French from the colonial territory.
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donatory captain
Each donatory captain assumed legal responsibility for the land.
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However, -in the Modern Age
a series of social, political, economic, and mental transformations took place
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The formation of -secular
laws was opposed to medieval, often customary traditions
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Without sufficient financial and human capital, the metropolis guaranteed autonomy to the settlers as agents of exploitation
while the Crown, in most cases, was present collecting taxes and setting up the inspection device
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Sesmaria
Sesmaria was an abandoned land belonging to Portugal and delivered for occupation
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Sesmeiro
former Portuguese magistrate elected to divide and distribute the sesmarias.}