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Monroe doctrine
America issued the Monroe doctrine to protect the newly founded Latin American countries form being heavily influenced by the Spanish and to allow British merchants to open trade. -
The Great Trek
The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule. -
Opium War
The British merchants traveled to china to smuggle in the highly addictive drug of opium. The chinese tried to stop the smuggling but failed. The british easily defeated the chinese which allowed for great wealth for the british -
Treaty of Nanjing
When the british defeated the chinese in the opium war the british set an unequal treaty that granted the british money and hong cong. -
Sepoy Rebellion
The sepoys rebelled against the british for making the rifle cartriges out of pig and cow fat. This was considered a bad thing in there religion which didnt allow them to eat beef or pork. -
The Boer War
The Boers clashed for the first time with the british. This was the boers way of protesting against the britsh system of confederation -
The boxer rebellion
The Boxer rebellion was an uprising from an anti-western. This group traped and captured the british And held them until The british finally defeated the rebels.
