By the middle of the seventeenth century, most European countries had established strong and durable colonial empires in the New World.

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By the middle of the seventeenth century, while several European countries had established colonies in the New World, many of these colonies were not yet strong or durable, and the full extent of European colonial empires was not realized until later.

By the Middle of the Seventeenth Century, Most European Countries