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Impact of Exploration 
The Slave trade
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1.Slaves were brought from Africa to Work on the estates of the Europeans in America because of a lack of natives
2.Slaves worked in cotton and sugar plantations,in mines and as personal servants in Central,South and North America
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3.The Portuguese controlled the slave trade for man years.They had a contract to bring slaves to Spanish plantations in the new world.They also brought slaves over to Brazil
4.It is said between the 16th and 19th century over 12.5 million slaves were shipped from Africa to USA.Around 1.8 million of these slaves died on the way in what is called the middle passage.The conditions on board were very uncleanly and the ships were very cruel
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Plantations
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The plantations in the West Indies (a region of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean) were much bigger than the ones in North America.
Because of the size,the W.indies had to get more slaves to work on the plantation.They usually had around 150 slaves
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Replacing slaves was very common in the W.Indies because the mortality rate was high and birthrate was low,so there would be a constant flow of slaves
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Language and Religion
The most popular religion in both Mexico and Brazil was Roman Catholic because of Spain and Portugal (82.7% of mexico and 65.0% of Brazilians were Roman Catholic)
The 2nd most popular religion in Mexico was (any other type of christian) while in brazil the 2nd most popular religion was protestant
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Because of all the people wanting to convert religion,It is said that over 1500 people were Baptised a daily
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spanish system
The Spanish developed their land by using haciendas,which were great estates bought or granted to them by the king
The landowners of the haciendas,used the encomienda system to work their land.This entitled them to use free native Indian labor and in return the landowners gave the natives
protection and a christian education
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Most people in the 1500 in Mexico and Brazil(96.2%) were largely Native American,with a bit of black and white
However in 2018 The native American in Mexico is still over 50 % but there is also a lot of other nationalities and in Brazil under 50 % are native American and then there is black mixed with white,indigenous and black