But Sebastião de Melo's greatest reforms were economic and financial, with the creation of several companies and guilds to regulate every commercial activity. He demarcated the region for production of Port to ensure the wine's quality, and this was the first attempt to control wine quality and production in Europe. He ruled with a strong hand by imposing strict law upon all classes of Portuguese society from the high nobility to the poorest working class, along with a widespread review of the country's tax system. These reforms gained him enemies in the upper classes, especially among the high nobility, who despised him as a social upstart. COUNT 5
QSN1 What were de Melo's greatest reforms? ANS1 economic and financial QSN2 Why did e Melo demarcate the region for production of Port? ANS2 to ensure the wine's quality QSN3 Among which class did de Melo's reforms gain him the most enemies? ANS3 especially among the high nobility QSN4 Who was the first person to try to ensure the wine's quality in Portugal? ANS4 Sebastião de Melo QSN5 Did de Melo impose strict laws only on one class of people? ANS5 upon all classes of Portuguese society from the high nobility to the poorest working class