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In their plantations in Brazil, the Portuguese chose to grow sugarcane as it was appropriate for the climate and it was practical and efficient for the slave work. It was also a good and required item in the slave cycle (that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to South America, South America to Europe).
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I think its a) one event happened only as a result of the other
Neither had more votes than the other, because each state had only one vote.
