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imperialism
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Opium War
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Chinese fight over British trade in China and China's sovereignty. -
Revolutions break out in europe
Revolutions spreading throught Europe as one country inspires another. -
Period: to
imperialism
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Perry opens up Japan to world trade
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East India Company collapses due to Sepoy Rebellion
e East India Company, a major company at the time, collapsed because of the new weponry being produced. -
Indian Rebellion
sepoy mutiny, India vs. the British East India company. -
Source of the nile
John Speke, an army officer’s son from the West Country, was sent by East India Company. -
Suez Canal opening
waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Making it more valuble to the europeans -
British protectorate in egypt
Egypt provided the quickest way of maintaining communications between Britain and India. -
Congo free state
Leopold: opend up the African interior to European trade along the Congo River. -
Boxer Rebllion
China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence.
