What advantage did western countries have that them colonize other parts of the world

First they had a lot of economic advantages because they opened new commercials route and took the monopolies in the market against the east people like Chinese.
Second they were supported by church who gave money to because they see the possibilitie of new Christians.
Third they had free workers in the colonies

Some Colonies like Australia became a place to put '' danger man'' for their states.
So they keep a clean west but ''colonies ''

City because the country has land and not that many things that can get damaged.

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