Colonial System chart: Spain 1492 and Portugal 1500

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Regions & Economic System

Key Regions: Americas (including Caribbean islands, most of South America, Central America, and parts of North America), parts of Asia (Philippines), and Africa.
Economic System: Depended heavily on the encomienda system, which granted colonists the right to the labor of local Indigenous people for mining and plantation agriculture. This evolved into the hacienda system.

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RELIGIOUS & GOVERNMENT

Religious Influence: Catholicism played a central role, with efforts to convert Indigenous peoples through missions and the establishment of churches.

Government: Highly centralized under the Spanish Crown, with administrative divisions such as viceroyalties and audiencias.

Portugal (1500):
Key Regions: Brazil, parts of Africa (Angola, Mozambique), Asia (Goa, Macau, Malacca), and strategic trade posts along the Indian Ocean and the East Indies.
Economic System: Initially focused on trade, particularly in spices, gold, and slaves, before developing sugar plantations in Brazil that relied on African slave labor.
Religious Influence: Catholic missions were established, but there was a stronger emphasis on economic and strategic goals.

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