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During the early 1700s, explorers opened up new continents to settlement by people from Western nations (i.e. the Europeans, as it was defined then). The term "Western" came to encompass nations and former colonies (such as the U.S., Canada, and Australia) which were populated mostly by immigrants from Europe and their descendants.

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