Americans observed as well that they had been laggards in the colonial race for territory; European nations scavenged over Africa while Russia, Japan, and Germany ardently struggled for cessions of China. ... It also, maybe most importantly, finally unified the North and South, of which collectively helped liberate Cuba. ... They viewed that the Filipinos wanted freedom, and by annexing the country, would be against the Declaration of Independence and plunge America into an unfavorable Far East politically and militarily. ... Hawaii was even then a springboard to the Far East, and enabling ...

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Britain got colonial possessions that it had occupied during the war, including Malta, Ceylon, and South Africa. Holland lost Ceylon and South Africa but got Belgium. ... In First World War the Austro-Hungarian, Turkish, and czarist were eliminated and Japan was confined to Far East. ... Whole of Africa and Asia became nations from colonies and the centre of international politics shifted from old world to new world. ...

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