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Age of Imperialism
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Opium War
The British Governement didnt respond to the Chinese's demands. When they tried to forcibly stop the opium trade war broke out. The conflict between China and Britain last from 1839 to 1842. The chinese were no match for the British and they were forced into the Treaty of Neijing. Five ports were now open to British trade. -
Zulu War
A trade depression emerges in Britain. The Zulu War is fought in South Africa. The British are defeated at Isandhlwana, but are victorious at Ulundi.The Anglo-Zulu War was a short, minor war, but it had enormous effects both in South Africa and throughout the British Empire because the United Kingdom lost several battles. These blows to the British military reputation were viewed with keen interest in Europe, where some states hoped to challenge the power of the British Empire. -
Death of General Gordon
Death of General Gordon at Khartoum. Burma is annexed. Salisbury succeeds Gladstone with his first minority Conservative government. Parliament passes the Redistribution Act. The Third Reform Act of 1884–85 extended the vote to agricultural workers. -
Imperialism in Southeast Asia
Great Britain controlled two important colonies in southeast Asia- Burma and Singapore. They took interest in Burma becuse it was on the eastern boarder of India. The British purchased the land of Singapore and the Malacca. Malacca was a extremely vital trade route. Eventually, Singapore became a British naval base. -
Sudan
Egypt originally had control. Matters were complicated by the arrival of the British in 1873 who assumed responsibility over Egypt in order to protect their interests in the Suez Canal and ensure repayment of loans to that government. General Charles Gordon was appointed governor of Sudan and he immediately intensified the anti-slavery campaign initiated a decade earlier. - -
Boer War
The main cause of the wars was the United Kingdom’s desire for supremacy in South Africa. In the war of 1880-1881, the Boers fought for and regained the independence of the South African Republic, which the British had annexed in 1877. The war ended when the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on May 31, 1902. -
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Boer War
The main cause of the wars was the United Kingdom’s desire for supremacy in South Africa. In the war of 1880-1881, the Boers fought for and regained the independence of the South African Republic, which the British had annexed in 1877. The Boers won victories in the early stages of the war.The war ended when the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on May 31, 1902. -
Anglo-French Agreement
Anglo-French Agreement settles most colonial disputes between both nations. Niger becomes a protectorate of Britain and the Boer war is also beginning in South Africa. Europeans continue to take over African nations. -
Death of Queen Victoria
In the modern imagination, Queen Victoria's reign is perhaps most remembered as the great age of the British Empire. Indeed, British holdings around the globe expanded under Victoria's watch to the greatest size of any empire in the history of the world. It is remarkable that Great Britain, a relatively small island nation, was able to dominate world politics by the end of the nineteenth century, with its queen governing over an empire over which, as it was said, the sun never set. -
Teddy Helps the Brits
Leopold decided to tax his Congo subjects by requiring local chiefs to supply men to collect rubber. Leopold's agents held the wives and children of these men as hostages until they returned with their quota of rubber.The Congo people rebelled by ambushing army units, fleeing their villages to hide in the wilderness, Leopolds forces easily put down the rebellions. Teddy Roosevelt announces US will help Britain to get Belgium to take c Congo from Leopold. They bought it from Leopold and annexed. -
WW1 Begins
In 1907, Britain joined Russia and France to form the Triple Entente. Britain was much less committed to this alliance than Russia or France. Britain was not committed to going to war in 1914. Germany hoped Britain would stay out of the war altogether. However, the Germans knew that Britain had promised to defend Belgium under the Treaty of London of 1839. The Germans wanted the British to ignore the treaty and let the German army pass through Belgium. The British kept their word to Belgium.
