Imperialism

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    East India Company

    Trading body for english merchants.
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    Monroe Doctrine

    Warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
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    Great Trek

    Dutch-speaking colonist searching for land to build their establishment.
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    David Livingstone Missionary work

    David Livingstone believed it was his mission to spread the word of Christianity. He went over to Africa to tell the slaves.
  • Queen Victory Crowned Empress of India

    Queen Victoria was crowned at the age of 18
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    Opium wars

    Two wars waged between the Qing Dynasty and western powers
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    a peace treaty that ended the first Opium War
  • Matthew C. Perry in Japan

    Matthew C. Perry was seeking to establish elsewhere for the first time in 200 years.
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    They agreed in limited trade and a safe return to American sailors who had become shipwrecked.
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    Sepoy Rebellion

    The first war of Independence, widespread unsuccessful rebellion against British rule.
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    British Raj Founded

    The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown.
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    Suez Canal Built

    An artificial waterway running through Egypt.
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    Boer War

    The British trying to build up the forces in their region. The Boer refused to grant political rights to non-Boer settlers.
  • Indian National Congress Formed

    The first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the british Empire
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    Open Door Policy

    allows for a system trade in China open to all countries equally
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    Boxer Rebellion

    A group of people called Boxers were on a violent rampage to force all foreigners out of China
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    Panama Canal built

    and 82 km waterway that connects the Pacific ocean with the Atlantic ocean.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations would fulfill their obligations
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    Revolution of 1911

    The revolution that ended China's last imperial dynasty