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What if colonization, instead of taking the form of conquest by large empires, was more oriented towards emigration and filibustering (in the 1800s sense of the word)?

Is there a way to set a precedent for settlers to 'go native'? (They could still seek out to carve out states of their own or try to rise up in rank).

The appeals of going to a new land when you're not a firstborn son or when you've lost what you have, or when you're oppressed, remain.

Meanwhile, native empires might allow foreign settlers since they would bring Western technology but there would be little to no risk of betrayal and conquest. Unless a nearby empire had been completely flooded by foreigners, then they'd fear that that would happen to them too.

Or do religious reasons (after all the Treaty of Tordesillas specifically split the non-Christian world) and other reasons (fear of disease by the natives, and the amount of gold and silver present in the Spanish Main) prevent this?
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