Sobre a época das entradas e bandeiras pode-se afirmar que: * a) Os bandeirantes eram homens recém-chegados de Portugal e acostumados à guerra de reconquista, o que facilitou a conquista do interior do Brasil.
b) A prática da preação (captura) do índio não foi uma das atividades executadas pelos bandeirantes no século XVIII.
c) O bandeirismo de contrato funcionou a mando da coroa portuguesa e visava ao desenvolvimento de empresas que tinham como objetivo a conquista da América espanhola.
d) Monções eram expedições realizadas pelos bandeirantes, em rios durante o século XVIII quando se dirigiam para os sertões de Mato Grosso. Seu objetivo era buscar o ouro e levar provisões aos bandeirantes que lá se encontravam.
e) Os rios tornaram- se a principal artéria de deslocamento, razão pela qual as técnicas fluviais alcançaram grande desenvolvimento entre os paulistas já nos primeiros tempos das Entradas e Bandeiras.

Translation:

About the time of the tickets and flags it can be stated that: *

a) The bandeirantes were homens recently received from Portugal and accustomed to the war of reconquest, or that facilitated the conquest of the interior of Brazil.

b) A practice of the preação (capture) of the indio não foi uma das activities carried out bandeirantes hairs I do not know XVIII.

c) The contract flagging functioned under the command of the Portuguese coroa and the development of companies that are aimed at conquering the Spanish America.

d) Monções were expeditions carried out with flags, em rios during the 18th century when they were going to the sertões of Mato Grosso. Their objective was to search for or bring supplies to the flaggers that we found.

e) The rivers become the main artery of relocation, reason for which fluvia techniques are reaching a great development among the paulistas from the first tempos of Tickets and Bandeiras.

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