WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By 1914, Great Britain controlled the largest number of colonies, and the phrase, “the sun never sets on the British Empire, ‘’ described the vastness of its holdings. Imperialism had consequences that affected the colonial nations, Europe, and the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -United Kingdom (Britain) The British Empire was the largest of its kind in history, and once covered about one quarter of all the land on Earth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Great Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States were the imperialist countries that had colonies in Southeast Asia. Portugal also had a colony in the region but had the least impact. Nationalism arose as the result of political movement, organized to restore the country’s independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Overview. Over the course of the nineteenth century, Southeast Asia is colonized by Britain, France, and Holland.

Detailed explanation-5: -The British had competed with Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch for their interests in Asia since the early 17th century and by the mid-19th century held much of India (via the British East India Company), as well as Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Singapore.

Detailed explanation-6: -Portugal was the first European power to establish a bridgehead in maritime Southeast Asia with the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca in 1511. The Netherlands and Spain followed and soon superseded Portugal as the main European powers in the region.