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1999 BCE
55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.
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1986 BCE
Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed.
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1967 BCE
ederal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines.
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1927 BCE
Canberra was completed
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1915 BCE
Sepoy Mutiny
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1913 BCE
Borders of Africa
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1910 BCE
Japan annexes Korea
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1908 BCE
The first "Miss Japan"
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Period: 1904 BCE to 1905 BCE
The Russo-Japanese War:
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1901 BCE
The commonwealth of Australia
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1901 BCE
Immigration Restriction Act
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1900 BCE
separation was an official government policy which lasted for many decades.
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1900 BCE
a transformation of political & economic Africa, with virtually all parts of the continent colonized
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1900 BCE
they attempt to throw out the foreigners.
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1899 BCE
High-school education for women
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1890 BCE
Only 5% of population could vote
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1889 BCE
German model.
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1885 BCE
The Indian National Congress
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Period: 1884 BCE to 1885 BCE
European leaders wanted to avoid war
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1882 BCE
Taking advantage of Egypt’s unrest, Britain occupied Egypt
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Period: 1875 BCE to 1900 BCE
The “scramble for Africa” took place between
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1870 BCE
Henry Stanley of Belgium established a colony called Congo Free State
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1868 BCE
British transported prisoners to Australia
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Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE
Emperor Meiji and Empress Haruko
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1858 BCE
British crushed the rebellion.
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1857 BCE
A large number of British-trained.
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1857 BCE
Hindus and Muslims revolted against the British.
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Period: 1856 BCE to 1860 BCE
After repeatedly falling short of British expectations of Treaty enforcement, a second Opium War broke out
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1853 BCE
when Japan went from a non-industrial feudal nation to a modern, industrial and imperial power.
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1853 BCE
Arrival of Matthew Perry
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1839 BCE
Excerpt taken from Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria
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1839 BCE
These events would lay the groundwork for the British declaration of war
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Period: 1839 BCE to 1842 BCE
The Anglo-Chinese war
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Period: 1839 BCE to 1842 BCE
Japan was convinced that it had to “Open Up” to the West.
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1838 BCE
Lin Tse-hsu was insisting that at least 1% of China’s population used.
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1836 BCE
ban by arresting over 1,600 Chinese dealers and destroying tens of thousands of pounds of opium.
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Period: 1833 BCE to 1850 BCE
British and Irish
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1830 BCE
The East India company ruled India.
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1830 BCE
remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves.
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1813 BCE
the Chinese government outlawed the smoking of opium and imposed a punishment of beating offenders 100 times.
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1800 BCE
it banned both the production and importation of opium.
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1790 BCE
the Chinese government realized that the opium trade and addition was a problem.
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1788 BCE
British prisoners settled in Australia
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Period: 1788 BCE to 1832 BCE
New South Wales was officially a penal
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1787 BCE
British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.
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Period: 1776 BCE to 1779 BCE
James Cook third voyage
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Period: 1772 BCE to 1833 BCE
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Period: 1772 BCE to 1775 BCE
James Cook second voyage
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Period: 1768 BCE to 1771 BCE
James Cook first voyage
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1707 BCE
Beginning of British East India company to begin controlling India's political and economic life.
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1707 BCE
Caption James Cook sailed around Australia
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1700 BCE
Mughal Empire was in decline.
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Period: 1612 BCE to 1947 BCE
British India lasted form
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1606 BCE
Butch (Netherlands) sailed to Australia.
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1600 BCE
Control trade between India and Britain
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Period: 1600 BCE to 1800 BCE
carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
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Period: to
British ruled India