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ELI5: How come British colonization fucked Africa up but led the Americas to greatness?
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The United States were originally colonized by English people looking for a land where they could exercise their religion in peace. They then proceeded to decimate the native population and take the riches of the land for themselves. In time, they had an independence war, severed ties with England, and started building their own country.

Contrast Africa (and Latin America also). Europeans didn't so much colonize these places, as they occupied and exploited them. They enslaved the native population, took their riches and used them to further the interests of European nations. When independence finally came, it was in the 19th and 20th centuries, and by then those countries needed to cope with centuries of exploitation, disease, no investment in education, local infrastructure, nothing.