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Mainly because, of the western European naval powers, two of the three largest ones, France and England were so busy bashing each other up that Spain had free reign to do what it liked. Don't forget, though, that the Hundred Years' War finished nearly thirty years before colonization of the Americas began, which then took a further three centuries to complete. However, the exhaustion of France and England meant that Spain had a "head start".

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