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Opium Wars
The chinese tried to stop the smuggling of Opium. The British easily defeated the Chinese. In 1842 they came to the treaty of Nanjing, this granted the British money and Hong Kong. -
David Livingstone found
He went to Africa as a christian missionary and when he did not write for a while, they sent Henery Stanley to go find him. He went across africa asking if anyone had seen david or another white guy. He soon found david. -
Open Door Policy
The USA created the Open door policy.The US created it to open Chinese trade to all nations. -
Boer War
Boers, dutch settlers in Africa, tried to keep outsiders from gaining political power. The Boers blamed the British and took up arms against them. -
Boxer Rebellion
Peasants in Chine set siege on the European sections of Beijing for many months. Chinese government allowed this to happen and did not intervine. Finally European soilders defeated the peasants. -
revolution of 1911
The chinese desired a more modern and independent republic, to get this, they rebeled against the Qing Dynasty and won. This created a democracy -
Panama Canal built
Roosevelt won Panama its independence, and in return Panama let him build a 15 mile wide canal. This canal let to a crossroad of world trade all controlled by the United States.
