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Races for Global Empire - 19th Century, 20th Century and 21st Century

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state or nation and when the obstacles to expansion can be overcome. Obstacles to expansion may be other states or nations, or they may be geographic, physical or technological  in nature (European..., 2006). The expansion of European civilization was very rapid around the globe during the nineteenth century (European..., 2006). Certain European States, which include Britain and France,  had become very powerful due to the industrial revolution and the organizational efficiency within each nation/state (European..., 2006). After World War I and World War II and the Cold War,  the countries having the most global power shifted. The most influential powers now are the United States, Russian, Japan, China, and the organized countries of the European Union. GLOBAL  EMPIRES IN THE 19TH CENTURY The leading European power at the beginning of the 19th century was England (European..., 2006). England had established a large portion of its overseas  territories by the first of the 19th century (European..., 2006). Second behind England was France, who had holdings in Southeast Asia and in North Africa (European..., 2006). Portugal, Spain  and Holland had some colonies in the 19th century only because they had once been major colonial powers and were able to retain some of their original territories (European..., 2006).  Germany and Italy were not major players in the global empire race of the 19th century as they had just become unified until the 1860s. The 18th century was  a long and involved period of time. That century included the Glorious Revolution and Waterloo (Morgan, 2001). It was during this time that England rose to be in  the dominant position among all of the European trading empires (Morgan, 2001). England was also the first western nation to become industrialized (Morgan, 2001). The economic changes which took