Remake of Global Imperialism by Keenan Tudor

Moscow, Russia

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The Empire period last from 1721 to 1917. Led by the Romanov family, the last absolute monarchs until the fall.

Russian Territory in America

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Sold to the United States 7.2 Million or 2 cents an acre. Seen as a mistake, until Gold was found. Russia wanted to sell it to someone who could stand against Great Britain. It was rich in furs for the Russians, but hard to maintain so far away. They soon nearly wiped out the sea otter population. Russia needed the money after losing several wars.

Spain

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Cuba

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It was then a colony of Spain, and slavery was abolished in 1886, remaining a colony until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained independence in 1902.

Afrikaners

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Panama

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Panama was part of the Spanish Empire for over 300 years (1513–1821) and its fate changed with the geopolitical importance of the isthmus to the Spanish crown. In the 16th and 17th centuries, at the height of the Empire, no other region would prove of more strategic and economic importance.

Puerto Rico

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Throughout most of the 19th century until the conclusion of the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico and Cuba were the last two Spanish colonies in the New World; they served as Spain's final outposts in a strategy to regain control of the American continents.

Mexico

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India

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The British had direct or indirect control over all parts of present-day India before the middle of the 19th century.

Britain, United Kingdom

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Philippines

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The Philippines were claimed in the name of Spain in 1521 by Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer sailing for Spain, who named the islands after King Philip II of Spain.

Australia

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New Zealand

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Hawaii

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In 1893, American colonists controlled Hawaii's sugar-based economy, and they easily overthrew the kingdom and established the Republic of Hawaii. With the agreement of the mostly American elite, the U.S. annexed Hawaii as a territory in 1898.

United States

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Guam

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Guam was fully colonized by Spain in 1668. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Guam was an important stopover for Spanish Manila galleons. During the Spanish–American War, the United States captured Guam on June 21, 1898.

Vietnam

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Vietnam became a French colony in 1877 with the founding of French Indochina, which included Tonkin, Annam, Cochin China and Cambodia. (Laos was added in 1893.)

France

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Manchuria Yusitan, Ghulja, Ili, China

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China was colonized directly by Britain, Portugal, Russia, and China. Many other countries had control over trade in much of China.

Japan

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Egypt

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Britain occupied Egypt from 1882 to 1956. British rule in Egypt is characterized by three periods: Veiled protectorate (1882-1913), Formal protectorate (1914-1922), and Continued occupation (1922-1956).

The Congo Trail, Guanacaste Province, Nuevo Colón, Costa Rica

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Belgian colonization of DR Congo began in 1885 when King Leopold II founded and ruled the Congo Free State. However, de facto control of such a huge area took decades to achieve.

Belgium

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South Africa

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The two European countries who occupied the land were the Netherlands (1652-1795 and 1803-1806) and Great Britain (1795-1803 and 1806-1961). Although South Africa became a Union with its own white people government in 1910, the country was still regarded as a colony of Britain till 1961.

Germany

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Ethiopia

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Ethiopia remained independent until 1935, when Italy under Benito Mussolini invaded the country but only for a brief stint.

Italy

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Zulu wars ( south Africa)

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The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the passing of the British North America Act of 1867 forming a federation in Canada, Lord Carnarvon. The British eventually won the war, ending Zulu dominance of the region.

The South African/Boer War 1 & 2

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The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain's desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The Boers, Afrikaans-speaking farmers, wanted to maintain their independence.the British eventually prevailed, but not without adopting controversial tactics.

Cecil Rhodes

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Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. He introduced various Acts of Parliament to push black people from their lands and make way for industrial development. Rhodes's view was that black people needed to be driven off their land and to change their habits.

Congo River King Leopold II

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created a colony in the Congo River region of Central Africa during a wave of widespread European colonization in the 1880s. The desire for valuable goods like rubber and ivory combined with limited laws and regulations in the Congo Free State led to the abuse of native laborers and countless deaths.

Berlin, Germany

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The conference contributed to ushering in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, once made the point that the Berlin Conference of 1884–85 was responsible for the old carve-up of Africa.main objective of the Berlin conference was to maintain the point of setting up international rules for making claims to African land to maintain a strategic distance from strife between European powers.

Suez Canal, Egypt

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It was built to promote trade and facilitate communication between the East and the West as the ships came from the Mediterranean, sailed through the Nile until Zigzag and then to the Red Sea.Britain controlled it during imperialism

East India Company Pub & Eatery, York Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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It was an English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India. It acted as an agent of British imperialism in India from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century.

Italian invasion of Ethiopia

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Ethiopia was invaded on Oct. 3, 1935 by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians committed countless atrocities on the independent African state.They invaded Ethiopia to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century