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A peace conference after world war one to discuss how Germany would be divided, and what preventative measures could be taken.
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America creates a document stating that any country (Aimed at Europe) that has a colony will not be tolerated. (First invoked in 1865)
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Revolutions occurred in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria, and more. All of these revolutions were caused by independence struggles or unrest with rulers.
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This was caused by Britain smuggling Opium into Chinese ports in exchange for tea. It ended with a treaty expanding Chinese territory.
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The Union and Confederate states fight in a bloody war, uniting under the name of the Unites States after the north "Union" wins.
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The colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario are joined to create the Dominion of Canada. The reason for it being a Dominion and not a Kingdom is that the British were nervous that the freed US would convince the colonies to rebel. -
The Meiji Restoration was a period in which Japan gained a centralized Bureaucratic government, Constitution, a new transportation and communication system, an education system with no class restrictions, and a powerful army.
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Connects the Red and Mediterranean sea. Called the "the pulse of Egypt" This allowed ships to pass through from London to Mumbai. -
The new power brought balance to Europe and a rapid growth in an industrial economy, but it also caused an international unease in Europe.
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A conference with the goal of dividing up Africa.. with no African representatives present. Was divided over European countries, America, and the Ottoman empire.
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It was a Marxist adhering group of Social Democratic parties that fell after WW1. This group originally aimed for a socialist revolution but was absolved.
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An anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising held by a secret society known as Righteous and Harmonious Fists or "Boxers".