The correct answer is option b) "colonies to mostly govern themselves". Unlike Spain and France that acquire large areas of land by the widespread of slavery and forcing religious conversion, England had colonies that were basically self-governed. In this form of conquering, England had nominal control of their colonies by imperial government, but the colonies could elect their own rulers and their were able to make most of their decisions by themselves.
To counterballence the threat posed by Germany Austria and italy
Because Britain wanted to expand its manufactured goods market. In the eighteenth century, Britain traded English wool and Indian cotton for Chinese tea and textiles; however, when the Chinese demand weakened, Britain demanded other means of attracting trade with China. Britain realized it could make up the trade deficit with China by selling Indian opium into the Chinese market, making opium the most profitable and popular crop in world markets.
Answer:
1917
The Russian Revolution took place in 1917 when the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. They were led by Vladimir Lenin and a group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks