history- jones

  • East India Company

    The East India Company was an English company that was founded in 1600.
  • Matthew C. Perry in Japan

    American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay.
  • The Great Trek

    The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa.
  • Opium Wars

    The Opium Wars were two wars waged between the Qing dynasty and Western powers in the mid-19th century.
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    The Treaty of Nanking was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China on 29 August 1842.
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    Kanagawa Treaty, Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate on March 31, 1854.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress.
  • Sepoy Rebellion

    it was an unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops
  • The British Raj

    The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947.
  • Suez Canal Built

    It is often considered to define the border between Africa and Asia. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869
  • Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India

    In 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India.
  • Panama Canal built

    The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.
  • Indian National Congress formed

    The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885.
  • Open Door Policy

    The Open Door policy was a statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900. It called for the protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China.
  • Boer War

    The Boers had refused to grant political rights to non-Boer settlers, known as Uitlanders, most of whom were British, or to grant civil rights to Africans.
  • Boxer Rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    The Roosevelt Corollary of December 1904 stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors.
  • Revolution of 1911

    The 1911 Revolution also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty.