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East India Company
East India Company formed for the use of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. The company controlled most of India and it became the richest and most powerful trading companies in the world. -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine is a statement of foreign policy issued by President James Monroe in 1823, declaring that the United States would not tolerate intervention or colonization by European nations. -
Great Trek
The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists who emigrated to southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland as they were against the policies of the British government. -
The Treaty of Nanjing
The Treaty of Nanjing was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China. It was the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers. -
Sepoy Rebellion
Sepoys are the Indian soldiers who rebelled against the British. Parliament tightened control of India and ended the East India Company dominance. -
Berlin Conference
Berlin Conference is the meeting at which the major European powers met to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. -
The Revolution of 1911
A group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful rose against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system.
