Chapter 18 Interactive Map

New Patterns in New Worlds: Colonialism and Indigenous Responses in the Americas, 1500–1800

The Colonization of Central and South America to 1750

. Based on this map, the Portuguese empire was largely confined to the coast in 1640. True or False?

. Which two regions in South America remained largely unsettled in 1750?

. Based on this map, which economic activity most directly spurred the northward expansion of Spanish-controlled territory in Mexico?

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