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Comment by WalterBright

9 years ago

That happened as well in S. America, but S. America did not become a superpower. There's something else at work.

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vkou  9 years ago

South America, unlike England, did not have captive colonial markets, that it could sell its mass-manufactured goods to. South America was the captive colonial market.

  • WalterBright  9 years ago

    S.A. had their revolts against colonial rule as well as the US.

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