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Colonial Rivalries Part 1 European powers had colonies long before industrialisation. The true age of discovery was the 16th century. From 1450-1815 Spain and Portugal, then Holland, France and Britain gained colonies in Africa, Americas and Asia. Some settlements like North America were white settlements, while other areas were plantation colonies, in which native races were made to work the land (both employed and slaves). However the period from 1815-1870 was the age of anti-imperialism, as Britain's large empire was observed as "a millstone around our neck" by Disraeli. In an 1865 parliamentary report, it was recommended that Britain should abandon some of its West African Colonies. Other disillusionment over imperialism related to the fact that American, Canadian and South African colonists, had wished for independence from Britain and the right to self-rule. This was seen as somewhat ungrateful as Britain paid the majority of the colonies defence costs as well as the...

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