Imperialism timeline by Audrey Humphrey

Queen Victoria's coronation (1838)

2257015_1 — 2025-01-31 01:26:08 UTC

This was a significant time for England as she led England for the longest out of any of the rulers and was a huge contribution to the Golden Age of England as she controlled 1/4 of Earth's surface and led the strongest nation.

Creation of maxim gun (1884)

2257015_1 — 2025-01-31 01:29:32 UTC

This was the first automatic weapon created in Africa and showed a huge advancement in technology in Africa and the time period.

The Berlin conference (1884)

2257015_1 — 2025-01-31 01:32:01 UTC

This conference was a very big deal because it helped decide who would have control over the different territory's in Africa and this drastically changed the cultures and economy in all the different territories throughout Africa. This lead to loss of identity to many Africans and fights about who would control what.

Publishing of the "White mans burden" (1899)

2257015_1 — 2025-01-31 01:33:14 UTC

this poem and phrase shows how racist this time period was and how significant ideological motives were and painted imperialism as a obligation and not a form of aggression