B. Dutch women could own property after they got married.
The Meiji Restoration led to Technological Modernization of Japan.
<em>Ramona </em>by Helen Hunt Jackson
This book, published in 1884, was a description and celebration of Spanish and Mexican culture in California. However, these depictions were largely made-up and romanticized. Despite this, it created a tourist boom for the state, causing Americans to become interested and excited about California.
The primary way in which these nations built empires was through pure destruction. They would come into these small island nations and simply wipe out populations and take control of the government.