The Age of Imperialism

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    Boer War I

    A war between the English and the Dutch to control gold mines.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    Samuel Morse invented the telegraph
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    Opium War I

    All colonial powers wanted to be part of China's market and their forced them to open to the Western trade.
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    Opium War II

    All colonial powers wanted to be part of China's market and their forced them to open to the Western trade.
  • The Victoria Falls

    The Victoria Falls
    Livingstone discovered the victoria falls and named them after Queen Victoria.
  • Modernisation in Japan

    Modernisation in Japan
    Modernisation started with Western fundig.
  • Opening of the Suez Canal

    Opening of the Suez Canal
    The Suez Canal was open for navagation to reduce the distance between Britain and India.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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    Germ theory of disease

    A scientific theory that proposes that micros are the cause of an organism's range of diseases.
  • The QWERTY Typewriter Keyboard

    The QWERTY Typewriter Keyboard
    Christopher Latham Sholes came up with the idea of arranging the letters in all typewriters the same way.
  • Lightbulb

    Lightbulb
    Humphry Davy invented the first electric light. He experimented with electricity and invented an electric battery.
  • Berlin conference

    Berlin conference
    Rival powers agreed to part Africa so each empire would have a piece of the territory.
  • The British Colony in India

    The British Colony in India
    Great Britain copied with France for the control of Burma with Russia for Afghanistan and Tibet.
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    Electromagnetic waves

    Hertz proves the principales of electromagnetic waves.
  • Radio

    Radio
    Macroni invented the radio.
  • Cinema

    Cinema
    The Lumière brothers invented cinema.
  • Clash between France and Britain

    Clash between France and Britain
    France and Britain clashed in Lake Chad (Fashoda) and it almost ended in war.
  • Aspirin

    Aspirin
    Bayer distributed a powder with this ingredient to physicians to give to patients.
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    Boer War II

    A war between the English and the Dutch to control gold mines.
  • Aireplane

    Aireplane
    The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.