1800-1876 By emmasloan06 1802 the napoleonic wars 1803 the us expands with the louisiana purchase 1807 slavery abolished in the west 1812 war of 1812 1815 british is the most powerful nation in the world 1840 the opium wars and the fall of the qing dynasty 1848 widespread european revolution 1854 japan opens its borders 1876 Alexander Gram Bell patents the telephone 1889 asiatic flu wipes out a million people
