The British, EIC (East India Company). The french were 2nd.
Mostly the Dutch and the Portugese
I do believe it was Great Britain
Royal African Company
In the 1700's Great Britain began smuggling opium illegally into china.
Increased importation of enslaved Africans to the Western Hemisphere.
Mostly the Dutch and the Portugese
Middle East
Puritan
India and Pakistan
The creoles
New England dominated transatlantic shipping in the late 1700's.
I believe it was India. They had cotton that was dyed and stuff.
Spain, France and Portugal
Missionaries didn’t create a country in the 1700, but they did go with explorers in the 1500’s.
Baroque.
The British East India Company.
The country that had great military power in the 1700's was Great Britain.