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The European trade with the Africans greatly increases, causing more profits.
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The East India company collapses because of the Sepoy Rebellion. The British take over India and the Raj begins.
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The Suez Canal is built, linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This makes an easy trade route.
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The Berlin Conference comes together to discuss the carving up of Africa. Every main country is there.
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Queen Liliuokalani takes the throne of Hawaii. She is the last monarch to ever rule Hawaii.
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Ethiopia and Menelik II defeat the Italians invading to claim their land, leaving them as one of the only independent countries in Africa.
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The Spanish-American War breaks out, and Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines are taken from Spain by the United States.
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The Boer farmers attacked the British because they were being forced from their land. The English put the Boers in concentration camps and thousands starved to death.
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Europe succeded in carving up Africa, and took all of the territory except for two countries.
