How did Colonizers become more “advanced” than the countries they colonized?

Question

In the colonization of NA, how was it that the Europeans already had muskets while the Native Americans were still using traditional weapons? I doubt it’s because theres a lack of resources?

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Answer 1

Knowledge spread from one region to another in the old world. Europe got gunpowder from China for instance and Arabic number came from India.

The new world was isolated and everything that they knew had to be discovered by themselves. It was relatively fast for native Americans to be proficient in firearm once they knew about them.