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The British finally make up for the imbalance of trade with China with opium from India which causes 12 million to become addicted. The Chinese fought back, but were overpowered by the British steam boats.
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Revolutions that were spreading throughout Europe as one country was inspiring one another.
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British soldiers switched to Enfield Rifles that had catridges sealed with beef and pork fat. This caused the Indian Sepoys to rebel and defeat the British East India Trading (BEITCo) in one year and push for home rule.
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John Hanning Speke joined an expedition to Africa under the command of Richard Burton when he discovered the source of the Nile River.
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After lots of internal fighting in Japan in 1868 the shogunate was overthrown and the Meiji Emperor was restored in Japan. This leads to rapid modernization of Japan and it becomes the most industrialized nation in Asia.
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The Suez Canal was easily built because of the flat land that was in Egypt. This canal reduced the distance by 43% and made Egypt much more valuable to the Europeans.
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A conference organized by Otto von Bismark that prompted the Scramble for Africa. The major European powers were at this conference and chose how they would divide up the continent of Africa.
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The Maxim gun was invented by Stevens Maxim and was the first recoil-operated machine gun. This gun allowed the British to quickly wipe out opposing forces like the Africans.
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Leopold II opened up the African interior to European trade along the Congo River.
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A small group of men called the "Boxers" stood up to the "Foreign Devils" and they took a section of Beijing and held it for months. This didn't last long because foreign invaded and squashed the rebellion.
