COLONIAL EMPIRE CONSTRUCTION By facebooker_6626710677342194 Period: 1585 to 1608 ANGLO-SPANISH WAR Period: 1600 to 1700 TUDORS (HENRY VII; HENRY VIII; AND ELIZABETH I 1713 TREATY OF UTRETCH Period: 1756 to 1763 SEVEN YEARS WAR 1763 TREATY OF PARIS 1770 CAPTAIN COOK TOOK AUSTRALIA Jul 4, 1776 AMERICAN COLONIES DECLARE INDEPENDENCE Period: 1800 to 1910 CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND EMPIRE Period: 1839 to 1842 1st OPIUM WAR Period: 1856 to 1858 2nd OPIUM WAR 1859 BRITAIN GOT HONG KONG 1869 SUEZ CANAL IS OPEN 1877 BRITISH OCCUPIED THE TRANSVAAL 1884 BERLIN CONFERENCE 1885 INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 1894 RUDYARD KIPLING'S "THE JUNGLE BOOK" 1901 AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENCE 1902 JOSEPH CONRAD'S "HEART OF DARKNESS" 1907 NEW ZEALAND INDEPENDENCE