Evaluating the Limit of the Integral of $(1-x/n)^n$

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I wanted to prove $\lim_{n\to\infty} \int_0^\infty (1-x/n)^n \, dx$ converges using Lebesgue integrable techniques. (I wolfram'd this to see that this converges to $+1$).

What I have tried so far:

I tried to use DCT but ran into a problem: I know that it is possible to bound $(1-x/n)^n$ for all $x\in[0,\infty)$, however bounding this by an integrable function on $x\geq n$ is quite hard, I don't think it is possible.

My next thought was to define $f_n(x) := (1-x/n)^n$ if $x<n$ and $f_n(x) = 0$ otherwise. I know these $f_n$'s converge to the same function as the sequence $\{(1-x/n)^n\}$ but I'm not quite sure how I would show that, $$\lim_{n\to\infty} \int_0^n (1-x/n)^n \, dx = \lim_{n\to\infty} \int_0^\infty (1-x/n)^n \, dx$$ Any help is greatly appreciated!