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Originally Posted by wetibbe
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The Europeans didn't even know that North America existed in the early 1,500's. Williamsburg, Virginia may have been an early attempt to populate but Plymouth, Massachusetts was the first successful colony in 1620. Then it was a few hundred, then hundreds of thousands, then millions and then hundreds of millions.
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But of course the Americas was richly populated with people when the Europeans got here.
And also there were settlements in the northeast by Scandinavians before the 1500's. They just never took hold.
I don't think military concerns are important when considering ideal populations. Too much of military confrontations have to do with populations encroaching on one another, especially these days. And again, even with the military, quality wins out over quantity every time.