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When the whites first landed, the superiority and, above all, the novelty of their arms gave them a very great advantage.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “When the whites first landed, the superiority and, above all, the novelty of their arms gave them a very great…”
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This quote discusses the initial advantages held by European colonizers upon their arrival in the Americas.
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