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Europe and Africa trades
At this time Africa controlled their own trade network and provided their trade items. However Europeans wanted more. They wanted control and power over these resources Africa had. They wanted to boost their economic.
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Crimean War
Russia and Ottomans launched a war on the Black Sea to gain lands there. Britain and France also entered to back the Ottomans Empire because they also wanted a share of the Ottomans Empire. -
Sepoy Mutiny
Indian soldiers rebelled causing a big uproar because they did not want to use the cartridges given to them because it contained pork and beef and they had to bite them off. It was against there religions and they refused to. -
Britain took Control Over India
After the Sepoy Mutiny Britain was outraged and took complete control of the India after the war. -
Christianity arises again
Missionaries from Scotland, traveled with a group of Africans into central Africa to promote Christianity. -
Suez Canal
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Berlin Conference
Any European nation could claim any part of Africa by telling the others and by showing that they had control.
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Menelik ll
Ethiopian emperor who kept Ethiopia independent from European nations by playing them against each other. -
U.S. joins Imperialism
The United states began to colonize. It chose the indirect method of controls for the Philippines. -
The battle of Adowa
Ethiopian forces defeated the Italians and kept Ethiopia independent. They resisted European control. -
Maji Maji War
Toure' believes that using magic such as using the magic water to sprinkle on there bodies would turn the Germans bullet into water. -
Britain and Russia rule Persia
Britain and Russia ruled Persia by splitting up sections.
