One reason Italy and Germany were not major colonial powers in the 16th and 17th centuries was that they

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31 May, 16:33

One reason Italy and Germany were not major colonial powers in the 16th and 17th centuries was that they

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Francisco Hunter · Answer 1

One reason is that Italy and Germany did not exist in the 16th and 17th century. They both were unified until the 19th century. Italy had many different states ... up north was controlled by Austria and Center were Papal states controlled by the Pope. Germany was the Holy Roman Empire.