Which colonial empire do you like most?

Your favourite Colonial Empire?


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Can I vote for the First French colonial empire? They tend to treat natives as something approaching equals from what I've seen. Or maybe pre-militrised Japan? They treated the Taiwanese pretty well helping to clean up opium addictions, though I'm not sure how they treated the Koreans. Sadly they went nuts soon after. :(
 
I said Portugal, since they were among the first, and they kept on trucking for longer than the others (unless you count America). Gotta admire that kind of tenacity.
 
Can I vote for the First French colonial empire? They tend to treat natives as something approaching equals from what I've seen. Or maybe pre-militrised Japan? They treated the Taiwanese pretty well helping to clean up opium addictions, though I'm not sure how they treated the Koreans. Sadly they went nuts soon after. :(

The first French empire had a horrible track record with slaves though (I know my view on that is rather biased as a Haitian, but I had to point that out). As for Japan, they were actually pretty brutal in Taiwan. After it was ceded to them, resistance lasted until sometime in the early 20th century (it was 1903 or something, I'm pretty foggy today) during which time over 10,000 Taiwanese were killed. It was only after that that Taiwan saw the development you were mentioning.
 

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