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Countries are not living beings and are therefore unable to relocate or settle in other areas as they please. Their location is controlled by the people who have power or control over said country and its citizens. Therefore, for a country to settle in the Americas in the 1600's, said country would have to be present in the Americas in terms of establishing a colony. This was true in the case of:

  • Britain (Thirteen Colonies and British West Indies)
  • Courland - now part of Latvia (Tobago)
  • The Netherlands (New Netherland, Dutch Virgin Islands, Tobago, Curaçao, and SSS Islands)
  • France (New France, French West Indies, and Haiti)
  • Norway (Greenland)
  • Portugal (Barbados)
  • Scotland (Nova Scotia, Darien Scheme, and Stuarts Town)
  • Spain (Cuba, New Spain, Puerto Rico)
  • Sweden (New Sweden)
The term 'settled' may be used incorrectly, since the countries themselves did not choose to move to these areas. Rather, the term 'moved' should replace 'settled', as settling implies that the country was aware of and comfortable with the moving. Alternatively, the term 'countries' could be replaced by 'the citizens' or 'rulers of these countries'. In that case, almost all countries would have had European citizens that were inspired to settle in the Americas.
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