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An English and later British joint-stock company founded in 1600. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies, and later with Qing China. The Indian Rebellion was the end of the East India Company.
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It stated that North and South America were no longer open to colonization. It also declared that the United States would not allow European countries to interfere with independent governments in the Americas.
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The emigration of around 12,000-14,000 Boers from Cape Colony in South Africa between 1835 and the early 1840s. They did this in rebellion against the policies of the British government and in search of fresh pasturelands.
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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 started in 1839 and ended in 1842. The Second Opium War started in 1856 and ended in 1860.
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David Livingstone spent around 15 years in Africa strengthening his missionary work and his opinions clashed with the Boers and the Portuguese. He was thought of as a devoted Christian and a hero.
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A peace treaty that ended the First Opium War between the UK and China on August, 29 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties.
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Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, wanting to re-establish regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. He demanded that ports be opened to Americans, that prisoners be treated well and given back, etc. The Japanese rejected his demands and Perry withdrew from Japan knowing he would return.
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The first treaty signed between Japan and the United States. This Treaty was the result of an encounter between an elaborately planned mission to open Japan and an unwavering policy by Japan's government of forbidding commerce with foreign nations.
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An unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India. Hundreds of sepoys were bayoneted or fired from cannons in a frenzy of British vengeance.
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The rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The rule is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India.
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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. It enables a more direct route for shipping between Europe and Asia, effectively allowing for passage from the North Atlantic to the Indian Ocean without having to circumnavigate the African continent.
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The Conservative Prime Minister had Queen Victoria proclaimed as Empress of India. India was already under crown control after 1858, but this title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain.
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An artificial 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. The initial purpose for building the canal was to shorten the distance ships had to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It enabled shippers to cheaply transport different types of goods in a shorter period of time.
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The first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.
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A policy between China, the US, Japan, and several European powers that stated each of those countries should have equal access to Chinese trade. It started the United States was worried it was going to lose trading access with China, and it wanted a policy in place to protect its ability to continue trading with the Chinese.
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This war followed a Boer ultimatum that the British should cease building up their forces in the region. The Boers had refused to grant political rights to non-Boer settlers, known as Uitlanders, most of whom were British, or to grant civil rights to Africans. The war was also about Britain's control of South Africa and therefore its 'great power' status.
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An anti-imperialist, anti-foreign, and anti-Christian uprising in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty against the foreigners. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China.
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It was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine made by Theodore Roosevelt that stated in cases of flagrant and chronic wrongdoing by a Latin American country, the United States could intervene in that country's internal affairs.
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A nationalist democratic revolt that overthrew the Qing dynasty in 1912 and created a republic.
