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The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States would remain independent and that there would be no more European colonies in the Americas.
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The Opium War was the war between China and Britain about British smuggling opium into China. My ancestor led the Chinese rebellion and was defeated easily.
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Commodore Perry was the officer assigned by the U.S. to bring Japan out of isolation. At first the Japanese were scared of the Americans, but then they modernized at the fastest rate to date.
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The US attacked all Spanish colonies and took all the colonies that Spain had controlled, like the Phillipines and Puerto Rico
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The Mexican revolution was the attempt of the Mexicans to gain their independence from their caudillo rulers. The two main leaders of the revolution were Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
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The panama canal was first started by the French, but then taken over by the US, who took over the canal for 99 years.