Brazil turned out to be very profitable for Portugal because of gold.
Answer:
because they fought for a very long time have very little resources yet they wanted to keep fighting to show the British they were still strong without them so they thought by wearing down the British's resources they would surrender and give them American independence but this is just by information I gathered from different articles so if it is wrong I am sorry
Explanation:
Iron and ore help create steamboats and railroads for transportation or goods
