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

Civilizations invent things independently. Even today they’re tribes that have no any ties to modern world and use traditional weapons. Also some inventions get lost and have to be reinvented – for example Romans used self supporting dome that had to be rediscovered in middle ages.