Which country resented the number of french and british colonial holdings?

italy
spain
germany
portugal

The correct answer is - Germany.

Unlike France and Great Britain, Germany was not a united country, but instead it was made out of numerous small kingdoms. That contributed to the German people to not be as strong as their counter parts in Western Europe, so while the French and British were colonizing huge portions of the world, the German kingdoms struggled to survive.

When finally the Germans united and created a single nation, they were very jealous of the achievements of the French and the British, and they resented the fact that they do not have colonies as they do. Soon after, because of the German protesting and propaganda, they were granted few colonies, but that didn't satisfied their appetites, so it eventually led to a World War.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.