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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It mostly comes down to better terrain.
The east coast of North America is largely approachable by ship which allows for easy offboarding of people who can then easily make their way inland towards vast farming areas. Those farming areas have very powerful river systems they could use to help transport their goods.
Conversely, South America’s eastern coastline isn’t as open, with a lot of mountains directly behind it. Where it is open is fairly bad terrain for setting up farms on. The river systems that could be used to transport goods are significantly more dangerous compared to the ones in North America.
The North American climate was also closer to Europe’s climate, which meant farming knowledge was easily transplanted from one continent to the other.
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