Answer: 80 - 85% of the world.
Explanation:
At the height of European colonization, most of the world (80%+) had been colonized by the ambitious nations of Europe. Britain in particular, ruled almost 25% of the world at the height of their empire which would make them the largest empire to have ever existed.
Other European nations that coloniser vast areas are Spain, Portugal and France. The effect of this is that most of the world speaks a European language or another as their official language.
More trust and empathy since they were willing to give their lives for their country, when all they found when they returned was segregation and bullying from people who stayed at home comfortable when the African Americans that had fought, fought for their life in the battle grounds and the White Americans wouldn’t even thank them for their service.
Charters are written agreements between the colonies and the king of England or Parliament.