Name:_______________________________________________ Date:___________ Period:_______Unit 4: Sea-Based Empires Comparison 1450-1750SpainPortugalGovernmentExplain the process of statebuilding and expansion.How they build and manage theirempires? Who was in charge?What type of govt?Spain used income from churches to expand imperialinfluence, seized leverage from church appointments,andused cathedrals to explain invasionPortugal used an empire of men governed by rulers.Theyclashed regularly with Spain.Trading Posts and/orColonies EstablishedSpain exchanged extensively from North and SouthAmerica,and exchanged for coal, iron, and grain silver andgold. Weparticipated in the triangular Atlantic trading network,too. Werely heavily on the slave trade, as well.Since they were so small, they could not protect theirtradeposts.Technological
