Settlements in North America
In 1501 and 1502, the Corte-Real brothers explored Newfoundland and Labrador and claimed it to the Portuguese Crown. Soon, in 1506, King Manuel I created taxes for the fisheries of cod in Newfoundland bays.
The colony of João Álvares Fagundes in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia was only five years old when it was abandoned. of the home The foreign invasion of the homelands of the indigenous people was met with resistance.
In addition, the settlers never adjusted to the colder, harsher climate that was completely different from the warmer, more comfortable one in Portugal. These were the main causes of the intruding project's failure of colonizing and exploiting the natural resources of North America.
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