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Tom de Sousa was a royal governor of Bahia who
 
  A) successfully reconquered the rebellious quilombo of Palmares in 1694.
  B) defeated Prince Maurice of Nassau and ended the Dutch colonial occupation of Recife.
  C) secured royal authority in Brazil by revoking hereditary rights and privileges of donatories.
  D) enriched himself and his vassals by collecting quitrents from fifty sugar mills.

Question 2

The Metheun Treaty, which repaid British support for Portugal's revolt against Spain,
 
  A) allowed British merchants to trade with Brazil and reduced Portugal to a British colony.
  B) permitted the British to seize the richest sugar-growing portions of the Brazilian coast.
  C) granted the British navy the right to build and fortify a naval base at Recife on Brazil's coast.
  D) prevented the Dutch West India Company from resisting British control of Brazilian trade.



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Answer to Question 1

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