The list of national border changes from 1815 to 1914, refers to the changes in international borders since the end of the Napoleonic Wars until World War I. This period of time saw the fall of Spanish colonial empire to the United States and the progression of European colonial efforts. This period also saw the reshaping of Europe with the rise of the German Empire and Italy as unified states while the Ottoman Empire's territory in Europe steadily dissolved. This was the time of continued colonisation of Africa during the age of New Imperialism. In Asia, the Mughal Empire fell to the British while the French colonized Indochina. In North America, the United States as well as the new nation of Canada, expanded their territories.