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Various Native American tribes inhabited North America, but they did not claim possession of the land, since they believed it belongs to everybody. So, the colonists were really the first people to "claim" the land.

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WEll in 1700s England, France, and Spain controlled North America. I dont know what time you want to know who controlled North America.

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