Chapter 11 timeline

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  • Cape of Good Hope

    Cape of Good Hope
    The Dutch established a route for the ships sailing between the Dutch East Indies and the Netherlands.
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  • Quinine

    Quinine
    A drug that helps prevent the Europeans from getting infectous diseases.
  • Africa Trading

    Africa Trading
    Africa and Europe establish a steady trading relationship with eachother.
  • British in India

    British in India
    By 1850 Britain controlled most of the Indian sub continent.
  • Crimean War

    Crimean War
    This was a war that was between the Russians and the Ottomans over a peninsula that connected through waterways to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Discoveries of Diamonds and Gold

    Discoveries of Diamonds and Gold
    This increased the interest for Europeans to colonize Africa.
  • Suez Canal

    Suez Canal
    The suez canal opens in egypt, connecting the Revd sea to the Mediterranean sea
  • David Livingstone

    David Livingstone
    In the late 1860's a missionary by the name of David Livingstone went on a mission to spread christianity in the center of Africa. With no word for several years they thought he was dead. They then sent a reporter called Henery Stanley to find him. They found him in 1871 on the shore of lake Tanganyika.
  • Zulu war

    The Zulu war was between the Zulus and the British army. The Zulus almost beat the British guns with there spears and sheilds.
  • Shaka

    Shaka
    Shaka was the Zulu military cheif. He lead the Zulus to success against the british. His successors did not do good against the British army and thats how they lost the war.
  • Only 10% of Africa is colonized

    Europeans only colonized 10% of Africa. It was mainly on the coast.
  • Berlin Conference

    Berlin Conference
    14 countries met in Berlin to discuss how they would evenly divide Africa among eachother.
  • Ethiopia

    Ethiopia successfully defended ,due to Menellik II , there country against the invading Italians and Russians by playing them against eachother.
  • United states colonization

    USA began an indirect rule over countries in the pacific.
  • Annexion of Hawaii

    USA annexed hawaii after Queen liliuokalani was removed from power.
  • Boer war

    Boer war
    The Boer war began in africa between the Dutch and the invading British.
  • American and Filipino War

    The americans and filipino broke out in war because america wanted to control them for recources.
  • Africa colonization

    Most of Africa by 1914 was colonized by European countries.
  • Free African Countries

    By 1914 the only free African countries were Eithiopia and Liberia.
  • British Colonization Agreement

    The British formally agree not to colonize passed the Kyber pass.That was intact until 1979 when the russians invaded Afghanistan.