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To ultimately escape the British, several thousand Boers began to move to the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland.
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The Chinese tried to stop the smuggling of Opium and the British easily defeated the Chinese.
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In an effort to modernize Egypt, Isma'il supported the construction of the Suez Canal. It connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean. The British ended up overseeing financial control of the canal.
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Boers blamed British and took up arms agaisnt them. Boers launched commando raids and used guillera tactics against the British. The British burned down Boer farms and imprisioned women and children in disease ridden concentration camps
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Peasents set siege on the European section for months and the Chinese government allowed this. The European soldiers finally defeat them.
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The Chinese people who desired an independent, modern republic rebelled against the Qing dynasty. They eventually won and created a democracy.
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When President Roosevelt wanted to build a canal in Panama, he helped Panama win their independence from Columbia. After they did this, Panama gave the US a ten mile wide zone to build a canal.
