Imperialism Timeline

By kkuwada1

  • 1850 European trade with Africa becomes well established

  • 1857 East India Company collapses due to Sepoy Rebellion; British Raj begins

  • 1869 Suez Canal links the Mediterranean and Red Seas

  • 1893 Queen Liliuokalani takes the throne of Hawaii

  • 1896 Ethiopians defeat the invading Italians at the Battle of Adwa

  • 1898 Spanish-American War breaks out; Puerto Rico, Spain, and the Philippines taken from Spain

  • 1914 Most of Africa is under European control

  • 1899 Boer War in South Africa

    The Boer War was between the British and the Boers when the Boers saw that the Europeans were pushing them off their land.

  • 1898 Spanish-American War breaks out; Puerto Rico, Spain, and the Philippines taken from Spain

  • 1884-85 Berlin Conference convenes to discuss terms for African colonization

    1884-85 Berlin Conference convenes to discuss terms for African colonization

    In 1884-1885, 14 European nations met to discuss rules for the division of Africa.It’s purpose was to prevent war among themselves and to divide the continent without any thought of how linguistic or ethnic groups would be divided in Africa