"There was no such concept of a European as we understand it today, back in C18." There certainly was a concept of "Christendom", which mostly consisted of Eur

"There was no such concept of a European as we understand it today, back in C18." There certainly was a concept of "Christendom", which mostly consisted of Europeans and European colonies in the Americas in the 18th century, as a contrast to the lands of Islam, pagan deep Africa and "the Orient" (China, Japan). And demographically, American colonies of that time were an insignificant periphery compared to Europe.