Portugal's only colony in the new world, brazil, was: a. useless and still is b. mainly agricultural until the paulistas discovered gold and diamonds c. was useless to the mercantilistic portuguese government d. both the second and third choices above

When the Portuguese arrived in the Brazilian lands, they did not find at first anything that would be very useful for their mercantilism. Thus, Brazil had an importance only in agriculture for the Portuguese until the Mineiros found gold and not the Paulistas. Thus, the correct answer is the letter C

formulating the initial idea for the policy

answer is c.