Chapter 27&28
Timeline by: Celeste Rice
British took Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
1806
Crimean War
Suez Canal built then run by the British
Henry Stanley returns to Africa and claims the Congo River Valley for Belgium
1853
1869
1879
French take the N. Bank of the Congo River Fighting in Egypt which British step in to stop and enforce "protectorate"
Berlin Conference between European nations to prevent fighting and to set rules of Imperialism in Africa
Italians fail to defeat Ethiopia
1910
1884-1885
1882
British v. Boer in "Boer War"
Peace in South Africa. Self-governing-British colony with nothing for the natives
China and Britain clash in opium war
1839
1902
1899
Congress of vienna creates a new balance of power in Europe
Monroe Doctrine reflects special U.S. interests in America
Great Britain establishes direct control of India
1858
1823
1815
1898
1915
Panama canal opens
Crimean War
Commodore Perry enters Tokyo harbor
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United states wins the Spanish American war
Mexican revolution begins
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