Which participant in European imperialism is being described below? They began their exploration in the New World trying to locate the Northwest Passage and later shifted their focus to Asia. Their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.

Dutch

English

French

Spaniards

Spaniards

The description is about the Spanish empire. The Spaniards expanded in search of new trade routes, targeting Asia. When they settled to colonize, they divided the territory. It is seen by the amount of different countries formed by its empire. The Portuguese case was the opposite, since its American colony became unique (the Brazil).

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