<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umlando waseMacau ngaphansi kwePortugal ungahlukaniswa kabanzi ube yizinkathi ezintathu ezihlukene zezombusazwe. Eyokuqala kwakuwukusungulwa kwesikhungo samaPutukezi ngo-1557 kwaze kwaba ngo-1849. Kwakunohlelo lokwahlulela okuxubile; amaPutukezi ayenamandla phezu komphakathi wamaPutukezi nezici ezithile zokuphathwa kwendawo kodwa ayengenalo ubukhosi bangempela. Esesibili kwaba isikhathi samakoloni, izazi ngokuvamile ezisibiza ngokuthi kusukela ngo - 1849 kuya ku - 1974. Njengoba ukubaluleka kweMacau phakathi kwezinye izindawo kwakhula ngaphakathi koMbuso WasePortugal, ubukhosi basePortugal phezu kweMacau baqiniswa futhi baba yingxenye yomthethosisekelo yendawo yasePortugal. Ubukhosi baseShayina phakathi nalesi sikhathi babungokomzimba kuphela. Okokugcina, okwesithathu kwaba isikhathi sokuguquka noma isikhathi sangemva kwekoloni, esenzeka ngemuva kwe-Carnation Revolution ngo-1974 kuze kube yilapho kunikezwa  <response>: ngo-1999. 