The Great Leap Forward led to a huge famine that killed off the majority of China's population
Northern places like Canada were colonized by France. The mid part was at first colonized by the Dutch but then the colonies were taken by the British. The central American part, including South America and the Carribean was mostly controlled by the Spanish. Portugal had control of Brazil while Russians started slowly moving towards Alaska but couldn't establish colonies until the 18th century.
The Sherman antitrust act was difficult to support in court because its definition of monopolies was not clear.
