USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rather, Portuguese settlements focused on several specific regions–southern New England, the San Francisco Bay area of California, and Hawaii, all linked by their mutual involvement in the whaling industry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Portuguese did not establish major settlements in North America during the colonial period, but they did become an important immigrant group during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.

Detailed explanation-3: -While Spain was building its New World empire, France was also exploring the Americas. In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano was commissioned to locate a northwest passage around North America to India. He was followed in 1534 by Jacques Cartier, who explored the St.