THE HISTORY OF BRAZIL'S ECONOMY TOLD IN PROSE

When analyzing the historical economic formation process of a territory, we must understand how its occupation occurred and relate the concentration of population with the development of economic activities linked chronologically. The historic related to the national primary economy, pre-colonial autochthonous extractive, as occurred in the Pau Brasil Cycle; and, in the colonial period and later in the imperial period, with the Drogas do Sertão; related to an exogenous agriculture and cattle raising, with the Sugar Cane and Cattle Cycle; and, later, with the extraction and the gold and diamond fever in our soil; culminating with the coffee cultivation; which favored the industrialization process, even though late, in our country. During the colonial period, the Portuguese metropolis prohibited manufacturing, because the products would compete with those produced in the kingdom or empire; and, fearing the strengthening of the Brazilian economy, the colony could become independent, which did not interest Portugal. Accompanying the globalized world trend, in the 20th century, industrial activity in Brazil emerged, grew, and emerged in all sectors of the economy, a fact that continues until today, in the 21st century.