Teles, Luciano Everton CostaCabral, Miciel Bentes2023-10-102024-09-012023-10-092023-10-102020-11-21https://ri.uea.edu.br/handle/riuea/1410This work presents a research completion study have the aims to understand the process of colonial expansion in Portuguese America through the use of indigenous labor that has become indispensable for colonial success. In this work, we also highlight the domination mechanisms used by Europeans as an attempt to submit sub-metrics as communities to the domains of the colonizing enterprise and we also analyze the actions and reactions of the previous peoples of superiority that the European tried to impose on the indigenous peoples. In this research we discussed not only the colonization of the coastal region of Portuguese America, but we also observed that as the colonial advance expanded, it was possible to reach the lands of the Amazon region, in which contact with the indigenous people was not less violent. To develop this research, we used bibliographic sources that dialogue with the object of study as a theoretical reference, and the work plan took place as a bibliographic research with a qualitative approach, through which readings were studied that deepened the knowledge about the object of study, a saber: theorists TODOROV, (2010); BOSI (1992); SANTIAGO (1980); GONDIM, (2007); SOUZA (2009); SANTOS (2002), and other works that portray historical facts about the colonial enterprise in Portuguese America. As a result, it was observed that the occupation and colonization of Portuguese America were practically based on the slavery of the indigenous people due to the search and recruitment of the hand that was essential for the success of the occupation.Acesso AbertoAmérica portuguesaPortuguese AmericaIndígenasIndigenousEuropeuEuropeanColonizaçãoColonizationTrabalho de Conclusão de Curso