1500 – Discovery of Brazil Great wealth to Portugal: Sugar Gold mines Precious stones Waves of migrants went to Brazil to work on plantations: Portuguese Italian African slaves End of 19th century / Early 20th century Brazil - 70% of the population were Portuguese emigrants. Causes: The end o...
The Aztecs were not loved, and their "empire" was a collection of subjugated tributary states, much of whose tribute was human. Several of them went over to the Spanish and provided essential aid in the overthrow of the Aztecs -- most significantly the Tlaxcalans, whose good services were ...