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East India Company
An English joint stock company formed to pursue trade -
Great Trek
Dutch speakers made an eastward navigation who traveled into the interior of Africa -
Opium Wars
Fought between the Anglo-Chinese and the British over British trade in China -
Sepoy Rebellion
An uprising in India against the British rule -
David Livingstone found
Henry Stanley traveled to Africa to find David livingstone in the 1800s after he went to the interior of Africa to convert Africans. -
Open Door Policy
This policy was created to keep trade open with China and other countries with the U.S. -
Boer War
A war fought between the British empire and the South African Republic and the Orange Free state over the Empire's influence in South Africa.