In 1–2 sentences, compare two different fifteenth-century European empires. Choose from Spain, Portugal, England, France, and the Netherlands. Explain why and how they colonized the areas they were in and the effects of colonization on the Indigenous inhabitants...
Portugal and Spain were fifteenth-century European empires that colonized different regions by expanding their maritime influence and engaging in trade and conquest. While Portugal focused on Africa, India, and Brazil, Spain colonized parts of the Americas, leading to the displacement and mistreatment of Indigenous inhabitants in both cases.
