South America colonization was mostly undertaken by the Spanish and £100 billion of precious metals were exported back to Europe to pad the coffers of the Spanish Royal family and the conquistadors. Machine Pichu was decimated by western diseases and slaughter. Meanwhile in North America the British were landing in the Carolinas, but for the farms they needed more labour, so John Locke sent to Britain for labour, with the promise that after a few years of indentured labour they would be given 100 acres of land. Once they were land owners, the men were given the vote also. But in South America only a few of the elite retained power and grew rich and would not share it, proclaiming that South America was ungovernable, and no land was metered out.
—Chris-williams-605-622741