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Start of the American Revolution
The American Revolution began with the battle of Lexington. -
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Decline of British Colonialiism
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End of the American Revolution
The American Revolution formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Start of the War of 1812
The War of 1812 began do to Britain's failure to withdraw toops from the Great Lake area. -
The Treaty of Ghent
This was thought to be the end of the War of 1812. -
End of the War of 1812
The actual end of the War of 1812 was after the battle of New Orleans. -
Start of the First Opium War
The first opium war began with the seizure of Hong Kong by the British. -
End of the First Opium War
The First Opium War ended because of British victory. The Treaty of Nanking was signed to signal the end of hostilities. -
Start of the Second Opium War
The second Opium War began when the Chinese seized a British ship and arrested the sailors. -
Start of the Sepoy Rebellion
The Sepoy Rebellion mainly started because of the greasing of riffel cartridges with cow and pork fats. The muslim guns were greased with pork fat and had to be bitten into to use. When the British refused to take back the guns a mutiny formed. -
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India and China
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End of the Sepoy Rebellion
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End of the Second Opium War
The Treaty of Tianjin was signed to end conflit. -
Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. -
Start of WWI
WWI began with the assasination of the Archduke of Austria Hungry and his wife. -
Start of the Easter Rebellion
The Easter Rebellion was mounted by Irish republicans with the goal of ending Bristish rule in Ireland. -
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Ireland
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End of the Easter Rebellion
The total rebellion only lasted 6 days but gained major power of Ireland. -
End of WWI
WWI ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Start of the Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a dominion under the Anglo-Irish Treaty. -
Start of the Salt March
The Salt March was a campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly. -
End of the Salt March
Gandhi continued on this march to produce salt without paying the tax. -
End of the Irish Free State
The Irish Free State ended when the citizens voted to replace the 1922 constitution. It was succeeded by the modern state of Ireland. -
Start of WWII
WWII began because Germany invaded Poland without warning. -
End of WWII
On this date Japan surrendered ending WWII. -
The Partition of India
The partition of India was set forth in the Indian Independence Act 1947. -
Death of Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting. -
Rodesia's Independence
Rodesia gains its independence from Britian and becomes Zimbabwe. -
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End of The Empire
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New Hebride's Independence
New Hebrides gained independence and became Vanuatu. -
British Honduras's Independence
British Honduras became know as Belize. -
End of the British Empire
The end of the British Empire happened when Britian ended their presence in Hong Kong
