In 1 sentence, 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
Both Spain and Portugal successfully colonized and expanded their empires by exploring and establishing trade routes, while the effects of their colonization on Indigenous inhabitants varied from exploitation, forced labor, displacement, and cultural assimilation to resistance and loss of power.
