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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium

King Leopold II was the king of Belgium from 1865 to 1909. He colonized the Congo to make profit off of rubber and made the people living in the Congo work for him in terrible condition. He enforced high quotas of rubber and killed anyone who did not meet the quota. 10 million people in Congo died under his rule.

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https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/berlin-conference

The Berlin Conference was a meeting between multiple European powers on how to split up Africa among themselves. While this conference was about Africa, the people in Africa did not get a say in this conference. This is significant because this meeting told what land each European power would take. Some African countries are still affected by the mass colonization of European powers.

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Colony- Japan(1910-1945)

Japan colonized Korea after many wars. Japan lost Korea after they lost WWII.

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Colonizer- Somalia, Libya, Eritrea, tried to colonize Ethiopia but failed

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Never colonized but was invaded by Italy in 1895

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Colony- Dutch(1652-1795, 1803-1806) Britain (1796-1803, 1806-1961)

The Dutch and the British fought over South Africa because of its many natural resources and South Africa was a good location for sea trading

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Colony-Belgium(1908-1960)

Belgium thought that the Congo needed Belgium's protection, so they colonized it

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Colony- Britain(1882-1922)

The British invaded Egypt because a revolt was happening

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Colonizer- Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Angola

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Colonizer- Vietnam, Cameroon, Algeria, Gabon

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Colony- France(1887-1954)

France gained control of Vietnam after taking over China and withdrew after they lost the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

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Colonizer- Chad, Nigeria, Congo, Ghana, New Guinea, Rwanda

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Opium-Wars

The Opium Wars were two wars that were fought between China and Great Britain. This started because China did not want to trade with Great Britain, so Britain decided to smuggle opium, an addictive drug, into China. Britain created millions of opium addicts in China and the Chinese asked them to stop. Great Britain ignored their pleads and continued selling opium until a war broke out. After Great Britain won the wars, they imposed many unfair treaties in China and made them a large sum of money. The treaties that were signed made China a place that many countries can trade at today.

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https://www.history.com/topics/india/salt-march#:~:text=The%20Salt%20March%2C%20which%20took,distance%20of%20some%20240%20miles.

The Salt March was an act of civil disobedience lead by Gandhi to protest against the British salt tax that stopped Indians from getting or selling salt, a major part of the Indian's diet. Gandhi and thousands of other Indians went to Dandi to collect natural salt.  Many Indians, including Gandhi, were arrested by the British. This is significant to India because it showed the British that India's power could not be ignored

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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Panama-Canal/Canal-traffic

The Panama Canal is a waterway that was controlled by the US after they built it. The US later passed the control to The Republic of Panama. It has many gates that allows for travel from Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean without going around the Americas. The canal is a vital waterway for trade for the US to Asia and reduces the travel time and distance tremendously

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Colony- Spain(1579-1713), Austrian Habsburg(1713-1795), France (1795-1815), Netherlands(1815-1830)

A revolt in 1567 caused Spain to take Belgium, Belgium was taken by Austrian Habsburg, then France, and then finally the Netherlands. After a revolution in 1830, Belgium became independent

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Colonizer- America, India, Australia, New Zealand

Britain had many explorers colonizing lands during the Age of Exploration. They lost the America after the Revolutionary War.

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Colony- Spain(1668-1889)

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand  Magellen came to Guam while working under the Spanish empire. After the Spanish-American war, Spain gave Guam to America

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Colony- Britain(1778-1898)

British explorer James Cook came to Hawaii in 1778. It was annexed by the US in 1889 and was turned into a US state in 1959

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Colony-Britain(1840-1931)
Britain wanted trade in New Zealand so they colonized it.

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Colony- Britain(1788-1901)

Britain came over to put prisoners on Australia because their prisons were full. Australia became Australia in 1901 when 6 colonies came together.

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Colonizer- Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela
Many explorers colonized the New World during the Age of Exploration

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Colonizer- Korea, China, Taiwan

Japan controlled many countries during WWII but lost most of it after they lost WWII

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Colony-Spain(1521-1898)
Spanish explorers came to colonize the Philippines. Spain lost the Philippines after they lost the Spanish-American war.

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Colony- Britain(1858-1947)
Britain came to India to get their natural resources. Britain left before a civil war broke out

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Colony- Spain (1521-1820)
Spain invaded Mexico with improved technology and battle strategies and took their land.

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Colony- Spain (1493-1898)
Christopher Columbus came over during the Age of Exploration. Spain lost Puerto Rico in the Spanish American War

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Colony- Spain(1513-1821)
Spanish explorers came during the Age of Exploration and colonized Panama

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Colony-Spain(1492-1898) United States(1898-1903)
Christopher Columbus colonized Cuba when he arrived. The US gained control after Spain lost the Spanish-American War