IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM

  • BEGINNING OF OPIUM WARS

    BEGINNING OF OPIUM WARS
    The Opium Wars or the Anglo-Chinese Wars were two military conflicts that occurred in the 19th century between the Chinese and British empires. The first lasted between 1839 and 1842. The second, in which France became involved with the British, broke out in 1856 and lasted until 1860.
  • UNIFICATION OF GERMANY

    UNIFICATION OF GERMANY
    The first unification of Germany occurred in 1871 after Prussia's victory in the Franco-Prussian War. In this unification, most of the German-speaking states of Europe united under the crown of Prussia to form the German Empire. The second unification occurred in 1990 after the end of the Cold War.
  • I BOER WAR

    I BOER WAR
    The First Boer War was a conflict that took place between December 16, 1880 and March 23, 1881. It was the first confrontation between the British Empire and the Dutch or Boer settlers of Transvaal. It was triggered when Sir Theophilus Shepstone annexed Transvaal to the United Kingdom in 1877.
  • THE BERLIN CONFERENCE

    THE BERLIN CONFERENCE
    The Berlin Conference of was a meeting at which the major European powers negotiated and formalized claims to territory in Africa; also called the Berlin West Africa Conference.
  • WILHELM II CROWNED AS KAISEN.

    WILHELM II CROWNED AS KAISEN.
    William II of Germany was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 1888 until his forced abdication in 1918.
  • FASHODA AFFAIR

    FASHODA AFFAIR
    It was the military confrontation between the French and English Empires due to the intersection of their respective projects to establish lines of communication between their African colonies. This incident was one of the causes of the First World War.
  • II BOER WAR

    II BOER WAR
    The Second Boer War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the founders of the independent republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic, in northeastern South Africa.
  • BOXER REBELLION

    BOXER REBELLION
    The Boxer Rebellion was the culmination of Chinese discontent against the economic and political interference of foreign powers, especially European powers and Japan.
  • BEGINNING OF COLONIZATION OF BELGIAN CONGO

    BEGINNING OF COLONIZATION OF BELGIAN CONGO
    Keen on establishing Belgium as an imperial power, he led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin, making possible the formation in 1885 of the Congo Free State, annexed in 1908 as the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • AGADDIR CRISIS

    AGADDIR CRISIS
    The Aggadir crisis or second Moroccan crisis was an international crisis that was about to trigger a war between France and the German Empire for control and influence over Morocco.
  • II BALKAN WAR

    II BALKAN WAR
    The Second Balkan War was a brief conflict that pitted Bulgaria against its former allies in the Balkan League, Romania and the Ottoman Empire in the summer of 1913, from which it emerged defeated.
  • I BALKAN WAR

    I BALKAN WAR
    The First Balkan War was a war that took place in 1912 and 1913 between the nations united in the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. The objective of the League was to expel the empire from Europe and divide up its Balkan territories.
  • BEGINNING OF WW1

    BEGINNING OF WW1
    The First World War, also previously called The Great War, was a global military conflict, although centered in Europe, that began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice. .