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British merchants had been smuggling Opium from India into China, and China tried to stop the smuggling by fighting the British. The British easily defeated the Chinese.
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Sepoys, or Indian soldiers, rebelled against the British, but the rebellion was put down within a year. Due to this, Parliament tightened control on India and took the East India Co. out of power.
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The Egyptian ruler Isma'il supported the construction of the Suez Canal in order to modernize Europe using money mostly from the French. It connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
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Livingstone had gone to Africa to explore the interior of the continent, but he hadn't been heard from in years. Stanley went to Africa to find him, which he did in the town of Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika.
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Fourteen European nations met to create rules for the division of Africa . The rules put in place were that any nation could claim land by notifying other nations and demonstrating their control.
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Peasants sieged the European section of Bejing for months with the support of the Chinese government. The European soldiers eventually defeated them.
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Many Chinese people who wanted a change to a modern and independent republic rebelled against the Qing dynasty. They were successful, which led to the creation of a democracy.
