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1st Opium War
The First Opium Wars were fought between China and Britain. The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. -
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War was fought between Britain and France against China. The British seeked to extend their trading rights with China. In 1860, the Chinese signed the Beijing Convention, in which they agreed to observe the treaties of Tianjin. -
The Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 is the rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company. It was a violent and very bloody uprising. -
The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji. The shôgun, who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. The emperor took the name of Meiji and this event was known as the Meiji Restoration. -
British built the Suez Canal
The British built the Suez Canal so the East India Trading Company would dominate trade in India. -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is the theories of society which emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe in the 1870s. Social Darwinism is the “Survival of the Fittest” and when certain groups of people are better, more likely to survive. -
The Maxim Gun Created
The Maxim Gun was created in 1884 by Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim. It is powerful weaponry and was the first recoil-operated machine gun. -
The Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was organized by Otto van Bismarck and all Western European countries attended. It prompted the Scramble for Africa. King Leopold II of Belgium agreed to support the abolition of slavery if he was granted the Congo. -
Annexation of Hawaii
Hawaii was annexed to the United States in 1893 which extended U.S territory into the Pacific. -
The Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a violent uprising in China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. The Boxers killed foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property. The Boxer Rebellion formally ended with the signing of the Boxer Protocol on September 7, 1901.
