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imperialism

By AliviaM
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    East India Company

    English company made a deal to trade with East and Southeast Asia and India
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    Opium Wars

    wars fought between China and Britain
  • Monroe Doctrine

    a warning towards the European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
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    Great Trek

    The movement of when Dutch colonists moved up to the interior of southern Africa
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    The treaty that ended the first Opium War
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    David Livingstone missionary work

    Livingstone reached people in the interior of Africa and introduce them to Christianity, and also freed them from slavery.
  • Matthew C. Perry in Japan

    Commodore Matthew Perry led four ships to Tokyo Bay
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    the first treaty between Japan and the United States.
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    Sepoy Rebellion

    First War of Independence for Mutiny against the British rule
  • British Raj founded

    After the first war for Indian independence, the British Government took over the administration to establish the British Raj
  • Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India

    Queen Victoria proclaimed herself as Empress of India.
  • Suez Canal built

    The Suez Canal connected the Mediterranean and the Red seas
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    Boer War

    A war between the United Kingdom and Boers.
  • Panama Canal built

    A canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama
  • Indian National Congress formed

    The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots.
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    Open Door Policy

    a statement of principles initiated by the United States that called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China
  • Boxer Rebellion

    A Chinese secret society, known as the Boxers, began a revolution against foreigners in china to drive them away
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    A statement that the United States would ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors
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    Revolution of 1911

    a group of revolutionaries in southern China led revolted against the Qing Dynasty