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British Control in India.
India is almost completely controlled by Britain via the British East India Compant, puppet governments, regormation of the agarian structure, and introduction of railroads, telegraph lines, postal system & "English" styled education. -
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Asian Emigration.
Asian and African emigrants are attracted to America by its gold rushes and employment opportunities.
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Asian Emigration.
Britain sends approximately 2 million Indian labourers to her colonies, where they compete against the black labourers on plantations. Although the Chinese were also migrated to the colonies, they typically were used in mining and construction work. -
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Yorkshire Slavery Campaign.
During the height of West India`s abolitionist movement, industrial reformer Richard Oastler argues against the child labour of Indians. -
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Opium Wars.
Chinese trade becomes monopolized by Britian through the Opium Wars` Treaty of Nanking. -
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Colonization of Indochina.
French colonize Indochina. -
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Taiping Rebellion.
China`s anti-monarchist Taiping Rebellion was a response to growing Western influences and trade. The Manchu defeated suppressed the war, with European aid, which gave Europe more control over trade. -
Widow Remarriage Act.
Indian women are given the chance to re-marry, something inheard of at the time, due to the passing of the Widow Remarriage Act. -
Mutiny of 1857.
In the Mutiny of 1857, Indian soldiers refuse to bite animal-fat covered rifle cartridges (as religion states they can not eat animal fat); thus, they are unable to reload their rifles. British retaliates by imprisioning those who disobey. -
Government of India Act.
Under the Government of India Act, all East India Company`s rights are transferred to the British crown. -
Meiji Restoration.
To perserve its autonomy, Japan engages in the Meiji Restoration. This is then followed by industrial development programs and political reforms. -
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Famines in India.
India experiences numerous famines, which devastate its citizens. Since Britain forced India to focus more on high profit goods, Indians were all ready vulnerable from a decreased food supply. -
American Control of Philippines.
The Philippines, alongside Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and half of Mexico, become controlled by America, after America drives the Spanish out of Latin America. -
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Chinese Revolution.
The Chinese Revolution causes the Manchu dynasty to fall.
