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Congress of Vienna- Reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, hoping to restore stability and conservative order. -
Monroe Doctrine- Foreign policy that declared the western Hemisphere off limits to further European colonization. -
First Opium War- A war fought between Brithish Empire and Qing China, mainly becuase disputes over trade. Britains victory led to the signing of the treaty of Nanking. -
Revolutions Across Europe- Marked as a significant wave of political and social upheaval across Europe. Pushed by the drive of industrial and agricultural changes. -
U.S Civil War- A war based on the conflict between the United States and the Confederate States. Causes are due to the standing dispute over slavery. -
Dominion of Canada Created- The North America act united places into a single, self governing entity within the Brithish Empire (one being Canada) -
Meiji Restoration- Event that ended the feudal military goverment and restoring the emperor to supreme power. This changed Japa into a major world power through industrialization. -
Suez Canal Opens- A artifical waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, making the shortest maritime route between Europe and Asia. -
German Unification- The process that make/ or led to the creation of German Empire. A single nation-state for the German people that left out Austria. -
Berlin Conference- This event was a meeting of European Powers that formalized the colonization and division of Africa, often called the "Scramble for Africa". It estavlished rules for claiming African territory. -
Second international Founded- Was Founded in Paris at a congress of socialist and labor parties to promote international worker rights. -
Boxer Rebellion-An reaction to the increase of foregin imperialist influence and the economic disruption caused by the foreign powers and the Christian Missionaries in China