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East india company
The East India Company or the British East India Company and , was a leading power of the trade and was one of the main trading companionways between British and India -
Great Trek
was a migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who traveled by wagon houses and walked from the Cape Colony and traveling through South Africa during 1836 , seeking to live in Cape's British colonial administration. -
Treaty of kanagawa
In Tokyo, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan.this would allow the Americans to have an ally on the west coast that could allow immigrants and trade -
sepoy rebellion
The Indian Rebellion was an uprising in India between 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. the British East India company was one of the wealthiest businesses of the time and there power backed by the British could not be matched -
suez canal built
On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was opened to navigation. to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. When it opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface.was one of the biggest man made canals ever during this time -
David Living stone found
Henry Morton Stanley was sent by a New York newspaper in 1869. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on 10 November 1871, Introducing himself with these words "Dr. Livingstone, I presume? -
panama canal built
Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.this benefited the whole world by having not to go around the tip of south america cutting many journeys trade routes in half
