19th century timeline

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    Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna was an assembly of european powers attempting to reorganize europe after the nepolionic wars and each meeting was shaped by the issue's completxity and difficulty.
  • How the first opium war started

    How the first opium war started

    in 1784, the Chinese trade with the americans but the Chinese need for goods outweighed the american need for goods. The british later discovered a good market for smuggled opium in southern china and the americans followed the british, leading to the two to make some money and the chinese to have health problems. As the western powers gave more and more opium to china, the chinese imperted more than they exported, causing financial problems that lead to the start of the first opium war.
  • The Treaty of Nanjing

    The Treaty of Nanjing

    After the british dominated at sea, The british and chinese signed The Treaty of Nanjing that had a large number of demands in favor of the british. Then, the US also signed a treaty with the chinese in extreme favor of the americans.
  • Revolutions across Europe

    Revolutions across Europe

    After the Nepolionic wars, the peasents of each country heard this and agreed that the monarchy should be overthrown, thus starting the revolutions across europe.