Global Tension

By Essie

  • The British gain control of Cape colony in South Africa

    The Dutch lost their colony to the British after it was invaded

  • Opium Wars

    Two wars between China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China's sovereignty.

  • Treaty of Nanking

    Peace treaty that ended the first Opium War

  • Indian Revolt

    An unsuccessful uprising in India that was against the rule of the British East India Company,

  • Otto Van Bismark becomes Chancellor of Prussia

    Germany became a modern, unified nation under the leadership of the “Iron Chancellor”

  • Danish War

    This war was conflict between the southern Denmark and northern Germany consulting the issue of who should control the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein

  • Austro-Prussian War AKA Seven Weeks War

    War between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.

  • Tokugawa shotgun lost power and the Japanese emperor

    Tokugawa shôgun , ruler during the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position.

  • Suez Canal opens

    The Suez Canal was opened for navigation. It was connected from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

  • Franco- Prussian War

    This war was a conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism.

  • Prussia declares a German Empire aka the Second Rich

    Prussia controlled force in the nation until the empire end

  • Beginning of the Scramble for Africa

    The occupation, division, and colonization of African territory by European powers during the period of the New Imperialism,

  • Great Britain occupied Egypt

    The British occupied Egypt in 1882, but they did not annex it.

  • Berlin Conference

    This was a meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization.

  • France gained control of Indochina

    France obtained control over northern Vietnam

  • Convention of Constantinople

    This treaty was signed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire

  • Battle of Adwa

    This battle was a fight between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy

  • Boxer Rebellion

    This was an anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China

  • Meiji Emperor died

    Meiji Emperor died in Tokyo City

  • France occupied Djibouti

    Djibouti gained independence from France.