Which statement accurately compares an important component of both the Spanish and Portuguese Empires?

- in both colonies, Indigenous Americans were well respected by the spanish and portuguese
- in both colonies, Indigenous Americans were enslaved in the nineteenth century
- in both colonies, Indigenous Americans were in the lower social classes
- in both colonies, Indigenous Americans occupied the middle class of the caste system

None of the given statements accurately compares an important component of both the Spanish and Portuguese Empires.

The Spanish and Portuguese empires had different approaches towards Indigenous Americans and different social structures in their colonies.