During Portugal's control of Brazil, the Portuguese cultivated and exported crops like sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton. They used slave labor to harvest and process sugar cane, which became one of Brazil's most important exports and was known for its high quality in Europe. In the 16th century, Portugal sent expeditions inland to map new areas of Brazil and search for valuable minerals and silver mines, with one private group called the Bandeiras eventually discovering gold.

2.  During the time that Portugal took control of Brazil, the
Portuguese had an agricultural economy where they sold
tobacco and cotton.
 Sugar cane was also cultivated and sold, the Portuguese also
milled it into sugar.
 The Portuguese used slaves to harvest and process the sugar
canes.
 The Portuguese also restricted Brazil’s trade so that Brazil
could only trade with Portugal and other Portugal colonies.
 It was known through out Europe that Brazil’s sugar was of a
high quality.

3.  During the sixteenth century Portugal tried to expand Inland
of Brazil.
 The sole purpose of exploring inland was to see if the
Portuguese can find any new minerals or silver mines.
 The Entradas, a group that is done for Portugal’s king and its
main purpose was to chart down and map unknown areas.
 The Bandeiras was a private group funded by the paulistas.
 The Bandeiras main purpose was to find more slaves and
more goods like minerals
 The Bandeiras were the group that found gold in the inland
of Brazil.