Imperialism

  • Monroe Doctrine

    This was a letter to warn the Western states. The United States stated that they would not tolerate any further colonization of the European Nations.
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    The Great Trek

    This is colonist that are Dutch that moved up to the interior part of South Africa. They wanted land where they could build homes and a new life where they are not connected to the British rule because they did not like it.
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    Opium Wars

    There were two wars between the Qing dynasty and Western powers. The conflicts marked the start of the era of unequal treaties. The foreign powers won every time. The first war was fought from 1839 to 1842 and the second one was fought from 1856 to 1860.
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    Treaty of Nanjing

    This treaty is actually a peace treaty that ended the whole First Opium War. It is also known as the unequal treaty.
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    David Livingstone missionary work

    He was a missionary that traveled/explored Africa. He wanted to tell people in the interior part of Africa about God and free them from slavery. He discovered some things.
  • Matthew C. Perry in Japan

    Matthew C. Perry in Japan

    This man had the goal to re-establish regular trade between Japan and the western world. He lead four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay.
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    Treaty of Kanagawa

    This was a treaty between the US and Japan. The two countries came to an agreement to do limited trade and for America to get back any who had been shipwrecked in Japanese waters.
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    Sepoy Rebellion

    It was an unsuccessful rebellion of the Indian colonists and the Sepoys. Because of this mutiny, the East India Company was abolished. It also helped the British recognize everything India had to offer such as the military, administration, etc.
  • Suez Canal built

    Suez Canal built

    It is the shortest maritime route from Europe to Asia. Before people had to embark on a long and dangerous journey around the Cape of Good Hope, which is at the tip of Africa.
  • British Raj founded

    British Raj founded

    This was a system of government that was over a part of India after the British East India Company was shut down. Queen Victoria was the leader.
  • East India Company

    East India Company

    It was a company that was formed to share the East Indian spice trade. After The Regulating Act and William Pitt the Younger’s India Act the company slowly started to decline, but it was totally shut down after the Indian Mutiny.
  • Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India

    Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India

    Victoria was crowned Queen by Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Making Queen Victoria a queen was India's way of concealing themselves as a monarch and getting themselves away from the rule in Britain.
  • Panama Canal built

    Panama Canal built

    This was built as a way for American and British people to ship goods fast and cheaply through the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Theodore Roosevelt was the president when this was built.
    Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2T7CL9wqyM
  • Indian National Congress formed

    Indian National Congress formed

    It is a political party in India that was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. It was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College.
  • Open Door Policy

    Open Door Policy

    The United States made this principle. It stated that the trading from China to all foreign places would be equal and open to all countries.
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    Boer War

    This is also called the South African War. It begins between the British Empire and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. It was a war that resulted in the win of Great Britain.
    https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
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    Boxer Rebellion

    This was an uprising of people in China. They did not like the foreigners and they were against Christians and etc.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary

    This was an addition to the Monroe doctrine. It states that the United States would intervene (at a last resort) if the Western Hemisphere did not fulfill their obligations or violated the agreement.
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    Revolution of 1911

    This was a Revolution that replaced the Manchu dynasty with a Republic. In march of 1912, a new provisional constitution was made for their new republic.