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The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists (the Boers) up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule.
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The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China's sovereignty.
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The history of the British Raj refers to the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.
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Queen Victoria was crowned Empress of India by Benjamin Disraeli. This title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain
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The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
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The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India. Congress became an important role in the Indian independence movement.
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The Open Door Policy was initiated by the United States for the protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China and in support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.
