Why is North America more developed than South America?

Question

Why is North America (US + Canada + Mexico) ,.more economically developed than South American counties.. is it just because the is US culturally that different , I mean South Americans.are we’re originally influenced by Western Europe as well . Or is the some geographic or climatic difference that affected development?

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Answer 1

Pick up a good history book, I can recommend Howard Zinns “A peoples history of the united states”