Seems from this its about food, and how they advantage from it
They had access to hardwood trees and seafaring know how.
This was an interesting book on the topic.
I can speak from a personal standpoint. But my family was from a later migration in the 20th century. They were poor Italians who had survived WWI, and for people like them, going to the Americas was like travelling to a land full of new opportunities and ways to reinvent themselves. The few people they knew who had gone to Argentina had a way better quality and social standing than back in Italy. So they got married young, packed up their few things, and just took their chance. They had nothing to lose, and at that time, Argentina and Chile had policies that made European migration easier. They would even give you land if you chose to stay in a remote area.
Also, the opportunity for big booty, in both meanings of the term.
I think surviving the Muslims, the Mongols, the black death outbreaks, and the little ice-age were impressive achievements. The Mongols especially set the Sinosphere, South Asia and other Islamic regions back, slowing down advances in science and technology, while Europe was able to have the renaissance. I think even without colonizing the Americas, the Europeans around the 18th century could probably still defeat all major powers around the world. The colonization of the Americas gave Europe more capital and more men-power, with the introduction of American staples like potatoes and maize. By then, the only people who can stop the Europeans were other Europeans.
I’m in the wrong country.
With regard to the British colonalism. This wasn’t the result of the individual decisions of the normal people who participated. But instead decisions by the crown and those controlling companies established by royal chaters. Then later by the directors of companies established by the stock market in London. Along with decisions made by UK government and parliament. The white men making the big decisions didn’t spread out at all, they stayed in London.
White males invented AI, blockchain technology, and gene therapy because of the food they eat?
I don’t know. I’ll have to spend some time processing that one.
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Not surprised at all. Steaks, burgers, fries, sodas and beer - how can those not give you the strength to take on the rest of the world?
Not sex? Spread their seed???
Sees from grains from the video helped, as they learned food supply issues.