COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Utopia
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United States
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Pacific Rim
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Southeast Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first European countries to begin colonizing the Americas were Spain and Portugal. Spain claimed and settled Mexico, most of Central and South America, several islands in the Caribbean, and what are now Florida, California, and the Southwest region of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: European settlement in the Oceania started with the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century. The Europeans settled in the various islands of Oceania for establishing colonial rule, to set up trading networks and to spread the word of Christianity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aside from rare Polynesian voyagers, they were likely isolated from the outside world up until European arrival. Captain James Cook became the first European to discover it on September 4, 1774, christening the area “New Caledonia".