I guess the people that came here and stayed here, then were met by the so-called Europeans, weren’t able to “colonize” it.
What a load of hogwash. Civilization, albeit not European versionized form of civilization, was in America long long before Europeans ever decided to come over and this includes the vikings. Its funny and ironic most think that there were nothing but trees and indians in America before the Revolutionary War. Hey bright eyes, how do you think the indians got here? America has a long and interesting history before the country of America was founded. Until people realize, we will continue to see the statements like you made.
People came, set down roots formed civilizations and died long before a person from the region of Europe ever set foot on this continent. The preponderance of evidence clearly shows this. Now go invest your time learning about the history before the europeans came.