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The Chinese tried to stop the smuggling of opium into China. They were not successful.
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The Treaty of Nanjing was a peace treaty between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty which ended the First Opium War.
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USA signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, which then opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and allowed the making of a U.S. consulate in Japan.
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The East India Company controlled most of India. It was on the of the richest and most powerful trading companies in the world.
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The British tried to appease the Indians by building India's economy. The major improvements as a result from this was roads, railways, telegraph lines, canals, and schools, were all being built.
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In the year 1877, Benjamin Disraeli, British's Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. England already took India under control after 1858.
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The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist uprising of the Boxers that took place in China.
