Question

What would have happened if the english had conquered densely populated mexico and peru, and the spanish had settled more thinly populated north america?

Answer 1

Answer;

-If the English had populated Latin America and the Spanish North America, the two places would have had their cultures switched.

Explanation;

-North America was actually quite populated before the Europeans discovered it. The problem was that European disease spread faster than the explorers such that 90% of the population died before ever seeing an explorer. So we might expect that Mexico, Central America, and South America populations would have been equally destroyed.

-The differences in today’s Latin and North America are not due to the Indian societies that had lived there because they had all been basically the same.  The difference is because of the Spanish and English culture in the two places.  If the English had populated Latin America and the Spanish North America, the two places would have had their cultures switched.

Answer 2

Answer;

-If the English had populated Latin America and the Spanish North America, the two places would have had their cultures switched.

Explanation;

-North America was actually quite populated before the Europeans discovered it. The problem was that European disease spread faster than the explorers such that 90% of the population died before ever seeing an explorer. So we might expect that Mexico, Central America, and South America populations would have been equally destroyed.

-The differences in today’s Latin and North America are not due to the Indian societies that had lived there because they had all been basically the same.  The difference is because of the Spanish and English culture in the two places.  If the English had populated Latin America and the Spanish North America, the two places would have had their cultures switched.