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Dutch settlers traveled to the interior of Africa to be free of British rule.
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The Opium Wars started when British travelers were illegally transporting Opium to China and large addiction was effecting the economy. Tensions arose when the Chines destroyed Opium factories that were made after the British won the first Opium war.And then China and Britain signed a paper and Britain gained control over Hong Kong.
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France built a canal through Egypt connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean
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When Henry Morton Stanley found David Livingstone in Africa. Livingstone told Stanley about his studies in Africa that he explored Africa's rivers which would open up trade routes with Europeans and Africans and introduced western culture to Africa.
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The Boers wanted to keep out other countries from gaining political power in South Africa so the Boers tried to prevent Britain from gaining political rights. That started the war between the Boers and the British.
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The Chinese Revolution revolted against the Dynasty and overthrew it. Then China became a democracy.
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The Panama Canal was built so travel can be easier from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and the U.S. paid Colombia $10 million and yearly expenses to have the right to build the Panama Canal.
