Imposition of free-trade systems on countries such as China, the Ottoman Empire, and South American countries by Western powers by military or diplomatic pressureb. Successful modernization and Westernization of countries such as Japan and Russia via internal economic reforms and efforts to attract foreign investmentc. The transformation of White settler colonies like Canada and Australia into mainly self-governing dominion regions within the British Empire. As a result of the growth of nationalism, certain European colonies, such as British India and Dutch Indonesia, saw the birth and spread of anti-imperialist sentiments and political groups.