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  • East india company

    joint English and British stock company. formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region
  • monroe doctorine

    a warning to European nations wouldn't take any more colonizations.
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    great trek

    Dutch colonists moved into the interior of southern Africa. They were trying to gain independence from British rule.
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    opium wars

    the war waged between the Qing Dynasty and western powers. it was caused by the Qing dynasty's campaign against British merchants who sold opium.
  • treaty if Nanjing

    a treaty that officially ended the opium war
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    David Livingstone Missionary Work

    missionary work in Africa by a man named David Livingstone.
  • matthew c perry in japan

    he led four ships into japan reestablishing trade in japan for the first time in twohundred years
  • teaty of kanagawa

    a peace treaty between the United States and Japan.
  • Brittish Raj founded

    the rule of the British crown on the Indian subcontinent.
  • suez canal built

    the canal was built. it was called the Suez canal. it was built in 1869.
  • queen victoria crowned empress of india.

    queen victoria was proclaimed empress of India. even though India was already under crown control.
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    boer war

    a war between the UK and Boers. it was for freedom.
  • panama canal built

    the Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the pacific ocean to the Atlantic ocean it was finished in 1881.
  • Indian national congress formed

    a political party in India called the Indian national congress was formed in 1885.
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    open door policy

    a rule that allowed trade in china to open to all countries equally.
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    boxer rebellion

    an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China. it began with peasants but eventually, it got support from the Chinese government.
  • roosevelt corollary

    a part of President Theodore Roosevelt's state of the union address.
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    revolution of 1911

    a revolution that ended china's last imperial dynasty and established the republic of china.
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    sepoy mutiny

    an Indian mutiny. it was an unsuccessful rebellion against British rule.