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The Spanish/Portuguese populated areas where there had been great indigenous cities/empires (Inca, Maya, Aztec) and much higher numbers of indigenous peoples.  They lived side by side and developed the hacienda system (much like our southern plantation system).  The British developed the slave trade to compete economically.  The Spanish definitely used the native population as labor, but viewed them in a different way; they intermarried and created a "mestizo" group.

The southern part of the US was similar in some ways to many parts of Latin America . . . mainly agricultural.  Without the northern states, the US as a whole would have been much more similar to the "hacienda" economy of Latin America.  Even to this day, the southern US states are poorer and not known for good schools (in general).  More than a few Confederates fled to Latin America after the Civil War.  [/quote]

And the basic reason why is: IMMIGRANTS

https://www.britannica.com/place/North-America/The-economy

“The large numbers of energetic immigrants from a rapidly modernizing western Europe, who brought with them the newest technological advances, ”

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