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Opium Wars
The British wanted to legalize opium smuggling into China, as it would allow China to be open to trade. China was against the opium trade, starting a war with the British that they would eventually lose. -
Suez Canal Finished
Ferdinanad de Lesseps, a Frenchman made an agreement with the governer of Egypt to build a canal in the Isthmus of Suez. European workers started in 1859 and worked on it until it had major setbacks regarding pay and cholera. It was not finished unti; 1869 -
David Livingstone Found
David Livingstone was a Protestant missionary who traveled to Africa in order to convert Africans and fight slavery. He then lost contact with the world and was presumed dead until Henry Morton Stanley found him on the date above -
Open Door Policy
The US created the Open Door Policy to spur trade relatoions with China. The Policy claimed to keep traid fair and equal, not allowing trade to be hampered by spheres of influence -
Boer War
The Boers, Dutch settelers in Africa begin to wage war over the gold and diampnds avaliable in South Africa. The Boers used guerilla warfare against the British, but the British fought back using conentration camps to crush Boer resisitance -
Revolution of 1911
A group of revolutionists overthrew the Qing dynasty to dissolve imperialism in China and impliment a democracy. The anger was rooted in the people´s need for modernization and the governement´s inability to give them it. -
Panama Canal Built
Unintimidated by the French faluire of building the Panama canal, Presendent Roosevelt purchased the land for $40 million. With the help of a doctor that wiped out dangerous mosquitoes, the canal was finished in 1914, dramatically helping US trade.
