<em>Brazil was home of the African colony of runaway slaves called the Songhay.
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Brazil had a settlement of runaway African colony slaves. They were the Songhay. The Songhai or Songhay Empire was located in West Africa and was at its peak in the 15th and 16th century. Its most important cities were Gao –the capital- Timbuktu, and Djenne. Two dynasties ruled the Songhai Empire: the Sonni Dynasty and the Askia Dynasty. A group of Songhays emigrated to Brazil and other regions in the Atlantic Ocean.
Palmares<span> was a fugitive community of escaped </span>slaves<span> and others in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694.</span>
A major accomplishment of Britain’s Reform Act of 1832 was that it gave voting rights to "all adult males" in society, as opposed to only males of certain classes as before.
Britain also needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War.
