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In the 16th - 186h centuries all of the European powers were confronting the difficult problem of a growing population of very poor people. Poverty was rising because peasants were being thrown off land, there were natural disasters that led to bad harvests and mass starvation. With land being given to sheep farmers and less land giving good harvests, there was growing poor and starvation. Now, rich never have to worry about having their fun or privacy disrupted by the poor because they are far from them, but not like this in the past. Rich would get annoyed with the poor, so there was more discourse about what to do with them. They solved this "problem" by banishing these people to the New World, which also helped with economic motives.

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