Empty America (no Indians) means that
1. No American crops like corn, peanuts, sunflowers, chillis, cassava...
2. No American diseases like syphillis.
3. American megafauna like hairy mammoths.
4. No gold or silver deposits located for years.
5. No Indians to tax or enslave or trade with.
6. No Indians to keep the slaves on the plantations instead of running away.
7. No Indians to keep anybody from starting colonies very, very, cheaply.
8. ?
1. No American crops like corn, peanuts, sunflowers, chillis, cassava...
2. No American diseases like syphillis.
3. American megafauna like hairy mammoths.
4. No gold or silver deposits located for years.
5. No Indians to tax or enslave or trade with.
6. No Indians to keep the slaves on the plantations instead of running away.
7. No Indians to keep anybody from starting colonies very, very, cheaply.
8. ?