Western Civilization II / Unit 4 WC2 0317 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Spain's, Portugal's, and Russia's Empires
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The idea
Spain's was the largest, silver flowing through Spain and the Philippines to China, ruled directly by the Bourbons from seventeen hundred and split between Spanish-born officials and creole elites. Portugal shrank to Brazil, which imported staggering numbers of slaves. Russia crossed Siberia for furs.
In practice
Four empires met in the Pacific Northwest.
Where people slip
Brazil abolished slavery last, in eighteen eighty-eight.
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