Imperialism

  • Treaty of Nanjing

    Treaty of Nanjing

    Ended the first Opium War. Was the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers.
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    Treaty of Nanjing

    Ended the first Opium War. Was the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers.
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    Treaty of Kanagawa

    Japan’s first treaty with a Western nation. Concluded by representatives from the United States and Japan at Kanagawa (now part of Yokohama).
  • Queen VIctoria crowned empress of India

    Queen VIctoria crowned empress of India

    Queen Victoria ruled over a time of industrial expansion, educational advancements, the abolishment of slavery and workers' welfare. Queen Victoria was the matriarch of the British Empire.
  • David Livingstone found

    David Livingstone found

    Henry Morton Stanley located Livingstone in Africa. Livingstones mission was to abolish stave trading
  • David Livingstone found

    David Livingstone found

    Livingstone set out to convert the natives. He was a Scottish missionary and explorer.
  • Queen Victoria crowned empress

    Queen Victoria crowned empress

    Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was used to link the monarchy with the empire.
  • Roosevelt Corrollory

    Roosevelt Corrollory

    Stating that, in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country. The United States could intervene in that country’s internal affairs.