Imperialism

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    Age of Imperialism

  • Bristish victory over Tipu Sultan of India in the Third Angle-Mysore War

    British had double the allies

  • Russians expand across Siberia to Pacific

  • Slave Trade Act of 1807

    Brisitan and the United states make the internation slave trade criminal

  • End of the Uprising in Serbia against the ruling Ottoman Empire

  • Congress of Vienna Forms

    Reverses French conquests and everything Napoleon did; restores balance of power. Liberal reforms persist; Russia emerges as a powerful factor in European affairs.

  • French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars End; Rise of Nationalism

    French conquests spread ideas of the French Revolution and caused many others to rebel as well. abolistion of sefdom, modern legal systems and Holy Roman Empire.

  • End of the Spainish American wars of Independence

  • End of the Mexican War of Independence

  • End of the Greek War of Independence

    Greek against the Ottoman Empire; the 1832 Treaty of Constantinople is ratified at the London Conference of 1832

  • Start of the French conquest of Algeria

  • Slavery Abolition Act of !833

    frees slaves in the British Empire; owners were paid 20 million euros

  • France makes Vietnam a colony

  • Republic of Texas voluntarily joins the United States

    Annexation causes the Mexican–American War, 1846–48

  • Oregon Treaty ends dispute with the United States.

    Border settled on the 49th parallel. The British territory becomes British Columbia and later joins Canada. The American territory becomes the states of Washington and Oregon.

  • United States victorious in Mexican–American War

    annexes area from New Mexico to California

  • Indian Mutiny suppressed

    It has major long-term impact on reluctance to grant independence to Indians

  • The government of India transferred from East India Company to the crown

    the government appoints a viceroy. He rules portions of India directly, and dominates local princes in the other portions. British rule guarantees that local wars will not happen inside India

  • Treaty of Saigon

    France occupies three provinces in southern Vietnam

  • End of the French intervention in Mexico

    United States demands French withdrawal after 1865; France removes its army, and its puppet Emperor is executed

  • Ottoman Empire loses main possessions in Europe

    Treaty of Berlin recognising the independence of Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and the autonomy of Bulgaria

  • Austria occupies Bosnia-Herzegovina while Ottoman Empire is at war with Russia

  • King Leopold of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State

    under his personal control. There is no role for the government of Belgium until the King's financial difficulties lead to a series of loans; it takes over in 1908

  • Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii

  • Creation of French West Africa (AOF)

  • Fashoda Incident in Africa threatens war between France and Britain

    Settled peacefully

  • In Treaty of Paris

    US obtains the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and makes Cuba a protectorate. For the first time US has an overseas empire

  • United States demands that Spain immediately reform its rule in Cuba

    Spain procrastinates; US wins short Spanish–American War

  • Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

    pays compensation for it; Serbia is outraged

  • King Leopold is denounced worldwide for his maltreatment of rubber workers in Congo

    The campaign is led by journalist E.D. More

  • Japan takes full control of Korea

  • Most Frenchmen ignored foreign affairs and colonial issues

    The chief pressure group was the Parti colonial, a coalition of 50 organizations with a combined total of 5,000 members