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Monroe Doctrine
The Monroc Doctrine, issued by then incumbent president James Monroe, warned Europeans as to imperialist advances in the western hemisphere and delineated the western hemisphere in essense as a U.S. protoctorate. -
British Imperial Rule
The rebeliion by sepoys served to allow the British to take control of India and consolidate their hold over the land as they devoted more time and resources to the issue and eliminated the main source of rebellion against their rule. -
Scramble for Africa
The development of European nations resulted in a desire for them to establish empires and find new sources of raw materials that fueled the expansion of Europeans into Africa as they partioned the continent so as to gain more global predominance, -
Imperial Japan
Japan's campaign to consolidate all of its' islands under imperial rule ends as the imperial government establishes hegemony throughout Japan -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference, called by Otto van Bismarck, served to settle land disputes in Africa between Europeans and established baseline rules that allowed nations to establish colonies in unoccupied land with prior notification. -
Imperialism
The discovery of rich gold deposits in Africa fueled imperialism im Africa, further supported by the discovery of diamonds in 1866 -
Rhodesia added to British Empire
The British expanded into Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe and Zambia) -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American war allowed the U.S. to expand and claim more land in the southwest.
