Actually there were four major colonizers of the New World. France and England colonized the majority of North America, while Spain and Portugal colonized the majority of Central and South America. Holland to a much lessor extent also colonized parts of the New World. Instead of reading the answer is Spain, France and Europe
Europeans brought civilization to the americas
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Europeans saw the lands in the Americas as free for the taking. The Native Americans had a totally different view of land ownership than Europeans, which worked to their serious disadvantage.
Some Dutch settlements in the Americas are: Netherlands Antilles Tobago Virgin Islands New Netherland - Today's tri-state area
America prosperity today and the extinction of native American cultures were due to European settlements. Europeans settlers like the spanish forced the native Americans into converting into Christianity which resulted in leaving today Americas' lost in native cultures. However the europeans brought about goods things to modern day Americas. The start of slaveries lead to civil rights and diverse in Americans cultures. Many people from around the world started migrating into Americas in search of freedom of religious and opportunities. The world most wide known language, English originated from the British settlements. Modern US government was brought through progresses of Europeans arrival from the Mayflower Compact to the Bill of Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, etc.. Europeans also brought along advances in technology from their voyages around the world, such as the type writer and compass.
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Europeans established trade networks between Europe and the Americas.
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The first settlers moved to the Americas and established the Roanoke Colony.
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Various groups of people throughout history have established settlements and claimed land. This includes ancient civilizations like the Sumerians and Egyptians, European explorers during the Age of Exploration, colonizers from Europe who settled in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and indigenous peoples who established their own settlements and claimed land before colonization.
The first long-term colonies in the Americas were established by the Spanish on the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic/Haiti) in 1497. For further information, consult the timeline in the Related Links below.
EXCEPT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, THE AMERICAS ARE POPULATED BY EUROPEANS
The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were the Vikings (Norse) during the 11th century, who established several colonies in Greenland.
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Europeans, after columbuses discovery. europeans then (in late 1600s) introduced the africans into the Americas as slaves