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The East India Company was an English and later British joint-stock company founded in 1600.
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Told the United States to leave the Western Hemisphere countries out and not try to take over.
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It was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule.
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The Opium Wars were two wars waged between the Qing Dynasty and Western powers in the mid-19th century. The First Opium War was between the Qing and Great Britain. It was triggered by the dynasty's campaign against the British merchants who sold Opium to Chinese merchants.
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David went to Africa as a medical doctor. He was also the first European to cross the African Continent.
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The Treaty of Nanjing was a peace treaty that ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China.
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He led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.
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Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India.
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The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent.
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Convention of Kanagawa or Kanagawa Treaty, Japan--US Treaty of Peace and Amity was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate.
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The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. It is often considered to define the border between Africa and Asia.
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This title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain.
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.
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The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. It was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
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The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the policy that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally.
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It was fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
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The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. It was an anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-christian uprising in China.
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Told the other countries to quit messing with the United States or they would go to war.
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It was also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Xinhai Revolution which ended China's last imperial dynasty.