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It was a deliberate act of genocide not just for profit. Read Empire of the Summer Moon to learn about why the Middle of North America was largely unsettled by
by idontwantthis 3y ago
It was a deliberate act of genocide not just for profit. Read Empire of the Summer Moon to learn about why the Middle of North America was largely unsettled by Europeans for 350 years.
- cyberax 3y ago> Middle of North America was largely unsettled by Europeans for 350 years. Easy. Why would you settle there when a much better Eastern coast is available? The US non-Native population in 1800 was less than 6 million. For comparison, the UK was 10 million according to the 1801 census.
- idontwantthis 3y agoI mean sure. Or you can look up a really interesting feature of American history that is not widely known. The Comanche Empire commanded an incredible amount of space with only 10s of thousands of people.
- cyberax 3y agoIt's pretty widely known. But what does it have to do with the question from the grandposter?