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Opium Wars
British merchants were smuggling opium into China from India in exchange for Chinese goods, and when the Chinese tried to stop it the British easily defeated them. -
Treaty of Nanjing
This treaty between Great Britain and China signified the end to the first opium war. -
British East India Company
The British East India Company became very rich and powerful due to their success in India. At this point they controlled most of India and India was considered very important to the British. -
British Raj founded
This was the British Rule of India from 1858 to 1947. They improved India's economy and introducing them to advances such as roads, railways, telegraph lines, canals, and schools. The British also negatively impacted the Indians in that they tried to change their ways and forced them to grow cotton instead of wheat, which led to starvation. -
Queen Victoria crowned empress of India
This was significant because it officially displayed Britain's rule of India and that it wasn't just controlled by the British East India Company. -
Open Door Policy
This was a policy established by the US that allowed for free trade in China. -
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese peasants sieged a European section of Beijing and were defeated by the Europeans, without interferance from the Chinese government.
