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Christian Missionaries
Christian missionaries moved into Africa
-souls to convert
-saw an increase in the slave trade
Appealed for the abolition of slavery. -
British cntrols the Cape colony
The British overtook Cape colony from the Batavian Republic. -
Britain outlaws slavery and slave trade.
Britain outlaws slavery and slave trade. This is known as the Slave Trade Act of 1807 -
Napoleonic Wars
French conquests spread ideas of the French Revolution. France wanted to over-throw their king but the french rebals were unable to unite anybody. -
Shaka, Zulu chief, unifies Nguni peoples
Shaka, Zulu chief, unifies Nguni peoples and forges an impressive fighting force, launching the mfecane against neighboring black Africans and white Europeans throughout southern Africa. -
France, Portugal, and Spain outlaw slavery
France, Portugal, and Spain abolish slavery in their countries. -
Great Trek
Dutch-descent Boers north to lands across Orange River into Natal, South Africa, occupied by southern Nguni peoples. -
Amistad Revolt
53 African natives were kidnapped from eastern Africa and sold into the Spanish slave trade. This is what started the Amistad Revolt. -
The first opium war against China
England declares a war with China involving the fight over opium -
European trade with Africa is well established
Europeans want Africa's major resources like coca, coffe, sugar, peanuts, cotton, rubber, tea, palm oil, timber, and tobacco. -
New riffle
The new enfield rifles were used (rumor: the cartridges were sealed with beef and pork fat…when the cartridges were changed, the citizens became angrier. -
Sepoy Massacre
European troops in India proceeded slowly towards Delhi and fought, killed, and hanged numerouse indians. -
East India Company collapses
The East India Company collapes due to the Sepoy rebellion and the enfield rifle. -
The Sepoy Mutiny
The "First war of Idependece". India and Pakistan would not gain full independence for another 90 years. -
Last opium war
British forces fought for the ligilization of opium trade. Eventually more than 80 ports in China were made. All forgine trade travel was allowed in China. -
The Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration of 1868 came to be identified with the era of major political, economic, and social change—the Meiji period (1868–1912)—brought about the modernization and Westernization of Japan. -
Suez Canal was built
The British built the Suez Canal so the East India Trading Company would dominate trade in India. -
Social Darwinism
“Survival of the Fittest” Certain groups of people are better, more likely
to survive. -
European Countries control all of Africa
European countries control all of Africa except Liberia and ethiopia. -
Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy join in the Scramble for Africa
Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and Italy Scramble for land and resources in Africa -
Queen Victoria is named Empress of India
This title was a gesture to link the monarchy with the empire further and bind India more closely to Britain. -
Europeans partition West Africa
European countries decide to divid up West Africa. -
Rhodesia
Cecil Rhodes claimed the diamond mines for Great Britain. He used his personal wealth to establish his own
colony in Africa: Rhodesia. Today, DeBeers holds 60% of the global diamond
market -
British takeover of Egypt
Egypt was falling into debt and that is when England striked -
King Leopold establishes the Congo
King leopold establishes the Congo Free State, under his personal control. There will be no role of grnment of Belgium. -
Berlin Conference
European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. Countries decided on who gets what parts of Africa. -
Creation of French West Africa
Federation of eight French colonial territories included Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Dahomey, and Niger -
The Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a peasant uprising of
very early 1900s that attempted to drive all
foreigners “Foreign Devils” from China. -
The White Man's Burden
It is the white man’s duty to rule other countries.
Ruling the entire world benefits everybody. -
King Leopold is denounced worldwide
Word got out the King Leopold was mistreating the people in Congo from the Church monistaries.
