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Cape Colony had passed from Dutch to British. Many Boers resented British laws that abolished slavery and otherwise interfered with their way of life. To escape British rule, they loaded their goods into covered wagons and started North.
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France took a giant share of Africa. In the 1830's, it had invaded and conqured Algeria in North Africa.
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European powers recognized Leopold's private claims to the Congo free state but called for free trade on the Congo and Niger rivers.
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In the 1890s a group of liberals formed a movement called the Young Turks. They insisted that reform was the only way to save the empire.
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In, 1898, the new german empire hoped to increase it's influence in the region by building a Berlin-to-baghdad railway.
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In East Africa the Germans fought wars against Yao and Herero. Fighting was especially fierce in the Maji-Maji Rebellion of 1905. The Germans triumphed only after burning acres and acres of farmland, leaving thousands of local people yo die of starvation.
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In 1906, Muslims formed the Muslim League to pursue their own goals after working together with the hindus for self-rule.
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In December 1911, Sun Yixian was elected president of the new chinese republic. the republic faced overwhelming problems and was almost always at war with itself or foreign innvaders.
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There were many factors, including militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism, but this single event that sparked World War 1.
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Spain and the United States broke into war over Cuba's attempts to win Independence from Spain.
