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The Austrian Empire, the Prussian Empire, Poland, and the Northern Italian principalities call refrained from colonizing territories in the Americas. In fact, the European countries that did colonize only included: UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Russia.
Britain, France and Spain were the first countries to colonize in the New World. Spain was the first, since it was the most powerful European country, adn it colonized Mexico and the West. France's colonies were farther north, in what is now Canada. Britain was last to colonize and it had the 13 bristish colonies split in three colonies: New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.
No European nation has tried to colonize any territory over which the independent country of the United States had ever laid claim. However, England, France, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, and Germany are all European countries that all colonized territories that have since become part of the United States.
Certainly areas of Canada and southern US, i.e., Louisiana.
Three countries in the European Union are France, Germany, and Italy.
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France colonized three Asian countries completely: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. France maintained mandates in the current countries of Lebanon and Syria (part of which is now in Turkey). France also had smaller colonies in India, such as Pondicherry, and a large sphere of influence in China.
the European countries which have dependents in the Caribbean are England, France and the Netherlands.
France, Germany the Netherlands and Belgium are but a few countries in Europe.