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Qing Emperor First Decides to Accept Gifts from the Outside World
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Rise of Labor/Trade Unions
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Germany Starts Industrializes
- Copies Britain
- Second to industrialize after Belgium
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The Chinese People Become Addicted to Opium
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Lin Zexu Letter Addressed to Queen Victoria
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Foreign Citizens Gain Extraterritorial Rights
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Taiping Rebellion
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Commander M. Perry Travels to Japan
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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Meiji Era
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First Railroad Line in Japan
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Otto von Bismarck of Germany Forms Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary
- Triple Alliance formed in 1881 when Italy joins
- In 1881, Bismarck makes a treaty with Russia, taking an ally away from France
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King Leopold II Signs Treaties With Local Chiefs of the Congo River Valley
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Scramble for Africa Begins
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Maxim Gun Created
- World's first automatic machine gun
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Berlin Conference
- 14 nations meet
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Kaiser Wilhelm II Assumes Power in Germany
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U.S. Declares Open Door Policy
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Boxer Rebellion
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Russo-Japanese War
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Triple Entente Formed
- Entente formed by Britain, Russia, and France
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All Great Powers Have Standing Armies Except Britain
- All Great Powers have militarized
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary Assassinated by Serbian Gavrilo Princep
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Austro-Hungary Presents Serbia With Ultimatum
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Austria Rejects Serbia's Offer and Declares War
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Germany Declares War on Russia
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The Allies Attack Germany Northeast of Paris in the Valley of the Marne River
- First Battle of the Marne
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Gallipoli Campaign Starts
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The Lusitania is Sunk by German U-Boats
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Germans Launch Massive Attack Against French Near Verdun
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Battle of the Somme
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Germany Declares its Policy of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
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Zimmerman Note Intercepted
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President Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War on Germany
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Germany and Russia Sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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Second Battle of the Marne
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Germany and France Sign an Armistice
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World War I Ends