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What factors led to the decline of Spanish and Portuguese based on their height of power in the 1450 to 1750 time period?Massacres during wars, susceptibility to infectious European diseases, and hardships endured during forced migrations all contributed to the decline in the Indian population and the weakening of its resistance.
Why did the Portuguese empire decline?By the end of the 20th century these colonial empires were history. The rise of Soviet influence in the working class, and the cost of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974), led to the collapse of the Portuguese Second Republic (Estado Novo) in 1974.
How did the economies of the Spanish and Portuguese colonies differ?Similar: imposing their will on Native Americans by force, using slave labor, developing new, blended cultures. Differ- ent: Spain's empire included mineral wealth, while Portugal's American empire relied on agriculture, cattle, and timber.
How did Spain lose its colonies?And yet, 300 years later, the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War, and with it, the Spanish colonial empire died. Cuba was lost, as was the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. In an attempt to salvage whatever could be saved, Spain sold her remaining Pacific colonies to the newest European power, Germany.
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