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The East India Company was an English and Later British joint-stock company founded in 1600
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Told the US to leave the Western Hemisphere countries out and not try to take over
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It was a movement Dutch colonists into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule.
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Wars between the Western Countries and the Qing Dynasty. The first fought by Britain and China and the next was fought by Britain and France against China.
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David went to Africa as a medical doctor. He was also the first European to cross the African Continent
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The of Nanjing was a peace treaty that ended the first Opium War
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Led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade.
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Convention of Kanagawa, Japan-US Peace Treaty signed between the US and the Tokugawa Shogunate
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Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence. Widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India
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The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent
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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.
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This title was a big deal and was a great link to the monarchy and the empire.
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km 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.
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The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Was also a modern nationalist movement.
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The open door policy is a term in foreign affairs that would refer to the policy that would allow a system of trade in China
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Fought between the British Empire and two independent Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.
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An uprising against foreigners that was started by peasants but eventually supported by government. It was anti-imperialist, anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China
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Told the other countries to quit messing with the United States or they would go to war.
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It was also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Xinhai Revolution, ended China's last imperial dynasty