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The treaty of Nanjing
Is the agreement which marked the end of the first Opium War. The treaty of Nanjing, the treaty that ended the first Opium War, the first of the unequal treaties between Chin and foreign imperialist powers. In the wake of China's military defeat , with British warships poised to attack the city.
http://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Nanjing
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Treaty_of_Nanking
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European trade with Africa
The solid establishment of trading between Europe and Africa is a significant event because this is the beginning of what led to the Berlin conference. Europe and Africa had plenty of natural resources. Africa divided among the European nations and decrease the cost of transport back to their main land.
https://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/mclean.html
http://www.our-africa.org/history-war-and-politics
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Berlin Conference
The Berlin conference marked the climax of European competition for territory in Africa. The Berlin conference is significant because it marks when King Leopold II decided to carve up Africa . Belgium expanded as the rest of European nations. This caused wars among the people of Africa.
http://geography.about.com/cs/politicalgeog/a/berlinconferenc.htm
http://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-West-Africa-Conference
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Boer War
. The Boer war is significant because it was one first total war battles fought by the British against dutch farmers in South Africa. The British would kill everybody.They believed that if they kill everybody, they would kill every Boer that had resisted them
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
https://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/boer/
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The Spanish America War
The Spanish American war was a new kind of war involvement in the U.S. It was not an eternal conflict. It was fought over expansion and the idea of spreading American influence in the Caribbean and in the Philippines.This is important because it shows the beginning of Spain downfall as one of the major European countries in Imperialism.
http://www.history.com/topics/spanish-american-war
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/spanish-american-war
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The Boxer Rebellion
In 1900, in what became known as the Boxer Rebellion, a Chinese secret organization called the society of righteous.Led up to the uprising in northern china against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. in the fighting, the Boxers killed thousands of Chinese Christians and attempting to storm the foreign embassies in Beijing. -
Scramble for Africa
The scramble for Africa was the proliferation of c conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism
The Europeans used several different tactics in order to gain control of Africa and Muslim lands they use imperialism.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Scramble_for_Africa
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Scramble_for_Africa
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