After the ottomans blocked the Europeans trade routes to the Indian subcontinent and the rest of Asia Europe had to find an ocean route around Africa which put them in contact with many indigenous populations which the Europeans would colonize and enslave in order to exploit the routes they had to take to get to Asia <span />
<span>It was a financially sound move, It expanded our military presence in the world, and It expanded our social and political presence in the world. </span>
The term authoritarian is defined as the enforcing or favoring strict obedience to authority with the personal freedom being at expanse.
This term can be used for people that do have high authority, be it in the politics, economy, military...
Usually, something that is ruled by a person that is authoritarian ends up badly for everyone, as most of the people that are bellow that person in the hierarchy suffer, and eventually they get sick of it and take down that person.
Usually the term is used for leaders of countries in more recent times, where we have leaders that have absolute power in their countries, everyone has to obey them, and they rule with iron fist. Some examples of the near past are Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Tito, Castro, while from the present day its Kim Jong Un, Berdimuhamedow, Myint...
The authoritarians come in the form of dictator, tyrant, despot, absolutist, autocrat.
The USA was originally made up of 13 colonies. and Germany was never a colonial power because it was not a cohesive state until much later.
