While Brazil's colonial experience was similar in many ways to the rest of Latin America, it differed in that:
A) Brazil was a vast territory but unlike Spanish America not divided by Portugal into separae colonial administrations
B) Brazil's economy was largely self-contained, not geared to export of raw materials
C) Brazil relied more on Indigenous labor than the slave trade
D) Disease had less impact on Brazil pre-Colombian population

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Brazil, unlike Spanish America, was not divided into separate colonial administrations by Portugal, which managed it as a single, vast territory. This contrasts with the Spanish approach of dividing their territories into viceroyalties and other administrative units.

While Brazil's Colonial Experience Was Similar in Many Ways to the Rest