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Opium Wars
between Anglo-Chinese and British, disputes over British trade in China. smuggled Opium for other goods from china -
Treaty of Nanjing
Peace treaty which ended the first Opium Wars between United Kingdom and Quing dynasty of china. First was Chinese would later call unequal treaties bc Britain had no obligations in return -
David Livingstone found
Henry Morton Stanley went to Africa to find David Livingstone who set out to explore the interiror of the continent but no ones heard from him in several years. Stanley found Livingstone and said "Dr. Livingstone, i presume?" -
Victoria crowned Empress
Queen Victoria was crowned empress of India, originally queen of Great Britain and Ireland -
Open Door Policy
term foreign affairs use to refer to the US policy established in late 19th century and dispatched the major European powers -
Boer War
fought between British Empire and 2 Boer States over Empire's influence in South Africa, British won. Resulted in the treaty of Vereeniging. Oct 11, 1899 – May 31, 1902 -
Boxer Rebellion
violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-christian uprising in China toward the end of the Quing dynasty
