Question

Like their Spanish counterparts who benefited from mineral wealth taken from the New World, the Portuguese also saw a new source of income coming from Brazilian mines in the 18th century. The royal tax of one-fifth that was levied by the Crown (known as the "quinto" in Spain) provided the monarchy with an independent source of wealth.a. Trueb. False

Answer 1

The correct answer is True.

Explanation: The Portuguese and Spanish were very similar in their way of colonizing the Americas, and the colonies implanted always had as their main objective the exploitation of natural resources. Another difference between Spanish and Portuguese colonization is that the Spanish were much more violent compared to the indigenous, acting brutally.

It is estimated that in their wars of conquest, the Spanish killed over one million native people.