European countries engaged in colonialism in the 1600s and 1700s for the main reason of expansion. This expansion resulted in <span>peacefully intermingling the cultures without </span><span>racism </span>and colonial massacres. The term colonialism refers to the developmental differential due to control of one people by an alien one, according to <span>Wolfgang Reinhard. Hope this answers your question. </span>
It used oligarchy, rule by a few.
Generally speaking, bythe early 1800's, much of Europe still had a less efficient transportation system than "<span>C. the Ottoman Empire" simply because the Ottoman Empire had a much more condensed system. </span>
Soon after Lincoln was elected president.