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beginning of industrialization/growth of nationalism
opportunities for expansion in europe were obsolete and war was required if they wanted to expand. Production of goods was outdtripping demand, so businesses were forced to lower prices, this led to lower wages and job loss. -
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Franco-Prussian war
germany became a unified nation -
Scramble of africa begins
everyone competed for territory in africa -
Anglo-Zulu war
british ended up wining -
Dual alliance
a pact between austria-hungary saying they would work together if one was attacked -
First boer war
zulu threat had been removed, transvaal boer rebelled -
Berlin conference
settled rules and guidelines for scramble of africa -
triple alliance
an alliance between germany austria-hungary and italy saying they would assist italy if attacked by france and that they would assist germany if attacked by france -
Treaty of Berlin
regulated european colonization and trade in africa -
Naval defence act
the british government formally adopted the "two power standard" -
Matabele war
gave british territory in africa due to their machine guns and effective weaponry -
invention of the telegraph
a telegraph network was established. this made it far easier for imperial nations to administer and control their overseas possessions -
Publishing of Rhodes cartoon
British magazine posted a famous cartoon of rhodes -
First shino-japanese war
China vs JApan for korean peninsula, a disaster for china -
Treaty of shimonoseki
china had to give korea, taiwan, and port arthur to japan -
Jameson raid
the rebellion failed to materialize and they were swiftly driven back by boers -
Fashoda incident
a conflict between britain and france over territory in sudan -
Boxer rebellion
chinese nationalists were angry over the failure of the government to prevent foreigners gaining influence within china -
Treaty of Paris
Left the USA in effective control of independent cuba -
Spanish-American war
a war between cuba and spain with america supporting cuba for their raw materials -
second boer war
boers were forced to surrender (lost to britain) Treaty pf vereeniging placed transvaal and orange free state firmly under british control -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
an alliance between britain and japan against russia -
France claims Morocco
france claims morocco a region in which france and britain both had extensive trading interests in -
Russo-Japanese war
War between russia and japan. Japan was defending themselves from russia's east expansion. war ended with the treaty of portsmouth. Russia's loss ended their influence in manchuria -
Monroe doctrine
Allowed the US to intervene in countries if they were threatened by external or internal factors -
beginning of WW11
was the result of growing tension between major european powers -
Zimmerman telegram
the british intercepted and decoded a telegram from the german foreign secretary -
USA declares war on germany
overwheling support of citizens and germany sinking one of USAs ships -
Woodrow wilsons 14 points
published to serve as the base of peace negotiations after WW1