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Britain managed to edge out the others, becoming the first great industrial economy and the modern world's first superpower. It colonized and shaped countries and cultures from Australia to India to Africa to the Western Hemisphere, including of course, its settlements in North America.
Explanation:
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
In China, Jesuits sought to convert, focusing on the intellectual and political elite. Enhanced status by introducing latest science and tech. from Europe, and allowing Chinese to continue ancestor worship.
They wanted fish and whales