Why was britain able to expand its empire during the industrial revolution?

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo, sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

Which of the following phrases best describes american society in the early 1900s

This map is depicting the 16th century route of what explorer