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Opium Wars
British were smuggling opium into China. the Chinese tried to stop the British, but the British were too strong and won. -
Treaty of Nanjing
The signing of the Treaty of Nanjing signfied the end of the first Opium war. The British and China signed it. -
Suez Canal
The Suez was built to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. The Egyptians built it with mainly with French money. -
Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India
The Queen was crowned to signify the British's control over India. -
Boer War
The Boers, Dutch people, fought the British because the British were invading the Boer's land. The Boers wanted all the resources of their land to themself, so they fought. -
Open Door Policy
It was a policy erected by the United States that opened trade from all nations into China. -
Boxer Rebellion
Rebellion of peasants who attacked the European section of Beijing. The Chinese did not try to stop them, but the European soldiers defeated them anyway. -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Roosevelt's foreign policy description that was a modification form the foreign policy of Pres. Monroe. -
Panama Canal Built
The Panama Canal as a passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean, so people did not have to sail all the way around South America.
