What was the primary difference between the Spanish and Portuguese empires?
A) Portuguese colonies did not have the heavy influence of the Catholic church found in Spanish colonies.
B) Portuguese colonies lacked the bureaucratic structure that characterized the Spanish colonies after the middle of the 16th century.
C) Unlike the Spanish Empire that was almost exclusively American, the Portuguese Empire included colonies and outposts in Asia and Africa as well as Brazil.
D) The Portuguese colony of Brazil was more intellectually independent of the mother country than were the Spanish colonies in Latin America.
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