European Imperialism

By Markinho

  • Britain gets South Africa

    Britain gets South Africa
    Britain had begun to takeover future South Africa which it had begun in 1814 with the annexation of the Cape Colony

  • Greek Independence

    Greek Independence
    Greece had gained independence from the Ottoman Empire

  • First Opium Wars

    First Opium Wars
    The United Kingdom ceded the island of Hong Kong in perpetuity because the Treaty of Nanking was concluded.

  • Second Opium War

    Second Opium War
    British fought towards legalization of the opium trade, to expand coolie trade, to open all of China to British merchants.

  • Indian Rebelion of 1857

    Indian Rebelion of 1857
    British East India Trading Company had dominated India. BEIT used Sepoys as the rule-enforcing "militia." Citizens became angered when the cartridges were changed from beef and pork fat to enfield rifles.

  • Britain gets Egypt

    Britain gets Egypt
    Britain gets control of egypet over its fearce rivals France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy

  • The Boxer Rebellion

    "The Boxers" was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan. The Boxer rebellion was a peasant uprising of very early 1900s that attempted to drive all foriengers.