howard stern
If you're talking very late 18th century, the answer would be Napoleon Bonaparte. The rest of the 18th century was not a period of major balance of power-shifts.
Austrian Statesman KLEMENS VON METTERNICH led the attempt in the Congress of Vienna to balance power in Europe post-Napoleon.
North America
In an effort to maintain a balance of power in Europe.
Nationalism
To form a new balance of power and to keep a single power from dominating Europe.
No European Nation was to be left unopposed in a battle to control Europe.
Electrical, steam, and hydrocarbon. All three changed transport possibilities in the 1800s.
By ensuring that there was a Balance Of Power
Germany
The English Defeat of the Armada is what i think it is.
Nationalism