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Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China's sovereignty. The disputes included the First Opium War and the Second Opium War. -
Sepoy Mutiny/The Indian Rebellion
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran from May 1857 to July 1859.The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown -
Treaty of Kanagawa
A treaty allowing the opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan.
Sepoy Mutiny/The Indian Rebellion
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a rebellion in India against the rule of the British East India Company, that ran. -
Self-strengthening Movement.
Reforms initiated in China following a series of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers. Introduced Western methods and technology in an attempt to renovate Chinese military, diplomatic, fiscal, and educational policy. -
Meiji Restoration
Japan evolved in order to avoid being taken over by Europeans by modernizing their counrty. Thus ending the Edo (Tokugawa) period (1603–1867)—and, at least nominally, returned control of the country to direct imperial rule under Mutsuhito (the emperor. -
Berlin Conference
Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. Coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. -
Fashado Incident
The Fashoda Incident or Crisis was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa.The Fashoda Incident, also known as the Fashoda Crisis, was an international incident and the climax of imperialist territorial disputes between Britain and France in East Africa, occurring in 1898. -
Boer War
The discovery of gold and diamonds in the Boer republics in the 1880s further intensified the rivalry, particularly as British subjects flooded into the Boer territories in search of wealth. Between 1899 and 1902, the British Army fought a bitter colonial war against the Boers in South Africa. -
Russo-Japenese war
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan. It was over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. -
Panama Canal
Made it so ships didn't have to go around South Africa. They could just go through a canal in Central Africa -
Siam's Role In Imperialism
They convinced the British to make Siam a buffer state between GB and France. Siam had also to change its leadership organization system from a more diffuse governance system to a more centralized Mandala system. -
Sino- Japenese War
A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, and ended with Japan's surrender on September 2, 1945