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Europeans didn’t know North America existed until they literally bumped into it looking for an Asian water route. The natural resources found in North America drew Europeans to the land and for Europeans it looked like it was vast acres of empty lands. To a European to come to a place with no fences, no king’s lands, no laws on poaching, and it seemed to be not owned by anyone. As far as they were concerned the Native Americans didn’t count.

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