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British East India Company
The East India Company had complete control over India and had a private army of 260,000 men. -
Opium Wars
China fought back when Britain took over their country but they lost to Britain and had to give up some of their cities. -
Suez Canal built
It connected the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea and showed how British people were affecting the Africas. -
Stanley meets Livingstone
Stanley was sent by the New York Herald in 1869 to find David Livingstone. He found him in 1871 and this in a way started Imperialism -
Queen Victoria
When Queen Victoria was crowned Empress of India it shows how much control the British had over India -
Boer War
The South Africans rebelled against British rule and won their independence in about 3 months. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Chinese were fed up with all foreign control in their country so they had a violent revolution and took their control back
