“The Sun never sets on the British Empire.” What do you think this means? Why was England able to get so many colonies in the 19th century?

The sun never set because there were British colonies on all sides of Earth.

Explanation:

England was able to acquire so many colonies due to it's rapid industrialization. It had more advanced ships and weapons.

The saying "The sun never sets on the British Empire" means that the British Empire was once so expansive that there was always some part of it that was sunny. Thus, the idea that the sun never set was true, in a way: some part of the Empire was always experiencing daylight.

Explanation:

its main object was the establishment of "settlement houses" in poor urban areas, in which volunteer middle-class "settlement workers" would live, hoping to share knowledge and culture with, and alleviate the poverty of, their low-income neighbors.