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Annual procedures whereby state goverors submits budget for legislative review and dispositions.
In general, this movement had a negative impact since lots of the expansion involved moving into territories that were controlled by European nations. Although most of the time physical conflict was avoided.
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Many colonies were economically more developed than they likely would have been had they not bee colonized. An example of this is India, a country which likely wouldn't be in the economic position it is today if it weren't for advances made under British rule. India would likely be even less developed than it is today and would probably be split into several if not many smaller nations/kingdoms.
The Answer for this is France. :)
