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Franco-Prussian War
(The Franco-German War) The conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation. It marked the end of France dominance over continental Europe and resulted in the formation of a unified Germany. -
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German Colonial Empire
Formed after the successful win of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Colonial Empire contained parts of Africa and Oceania; lasted a lengthy period of three decades until the Treaty of Versailles. -
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Scramble for Africa
A colonization of half the entirety of Africa by the Western European powers after the wave of the 2nd Industrial Revolution during the Era of New Imperialism. -
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Berlin West Africa Conference
The conference held in Berlin as a meeting of the colonial powers over the Scramble of Africa. The meeting concluded with the General Act of Berlin signing, which regulated trades in Africa and European colonization. -
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Spanish American War
The conflict between the United States and Kingdom of Spain, starting with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
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Fashoda Crisis
A dispute in East Africa between France and Britain over territorial control of a Sudanese outpost. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War and had Spain renounce all claims to Puerto Rico, rendering Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, with transferred authority of the Philippines to the United States; this established the US as a major world power. -
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
The alliance between the Japanese Empire and the United Kingdom. It was established as a means of assisting one another in their safeguarded interest in China and Korea; it was against Russian expansionism in the Far East. -
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Russo-Japanese War
A conflict between the Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire over imperial ambitions in the Korean Empire and Manchuria. Marked Japan as the first Asian power to defeat a major European power. -
Entente Cordiale
The series of agreements between the French Empire and United Kingdom that significantly improved Anglo-French relations. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A key event to World War One. Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg were assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during a visit to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. -
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World War One
The Great War; a war between the Allies and Central Powers. The war started after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. -
German Armistice
Signed in a railroad car, the German Armistice is an armistice that ended the fighting between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, overall WW1. -
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Sino-Japanese War
A conflict between the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Empire over the influence of Korea. The war was marked as Japan's emergence as a major world power, highlighting the 'weakness' of the Chinese empire.