Chronology of Imperialism by Student Tyler Breyfogle https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4 en-us 2022-02-15 22:28:47 UTC 2022-02-15 23:17:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 1763 - End of Seven Years' War, Great Britain gains control of India breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049664687 The war was primarily fought over contested claims between the British and French over the land of the Ohio Country. The outcome of the war was one of the most significant developments in a century of Anglo-French conflict, with Britain gaining control over Canada and Florida.

American Indian tribes supporting the British included the Iroquois Confederacy, Catawba, and the Cherokee prior to 1758.]]> 2022-02-15 22:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049664687 1830 - France Occupies Algeria breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049670416 The conquest of Algeria began in the last days of the Bourbon Restoration by Charles X of France.

France occupied Algeria for 132 years, from July 5, 1830, until July 5, 1962, when the country declared its independence from colonial rule.]]> 2022-02-15 22:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049670416 1839 - The First Opium War Begins breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049670958 British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers. 

The Opium Wars of 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860 marked a new stage in China's relations with the West.]]> 2022-02-15 22:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049670958 1842 - The first Opium War Ends with the Treaty of Nanking breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049673096 Great Britain won the first Opium War.

China's military defeats in these wars forced its rulers to sign treaties opening many ports to foreign trade. The restrictions imposed under the Canton system were abolished.]]> 2022-02-15 22:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049673096 1849 - Gustave Courbet paints The Stone Breakers breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049675538 'The Stone Breakers' painting was intended to show the hard labor that poor citizens experienced.

Courbet did not show the men's faces, they represent the "every man" and are not meant to be specific individuals.

]]> 2022-02-15 22:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049675538 1850 - The Taiping Rebellion in China begins; Chinese civil war against the Manchu rulers (Qing Dynasty); Millions are killed. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049678120 The Taiping Rebellion began in the southern province of Guangxi when local officials launched a campaign of religious persecution against the God Worshipping Society.

After withstanding a large-scale assault by government troops, Hong publicly proclaimed himself the King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace (Taiping Tianguo Tianwang) and launched the Taiping Rebellion the following year.]]> 2022-02-15 22:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049678120 1851 - The Great Exhibition in London Celebrates the technological achievements of Great Britain. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049680762 Colonial raw materials and British art were displayed in the most prestigious parts of the exhibition.

From May to October 1851, Hyde Park in London was filled with visitors to the 'Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations'.]]> 2022-02-15 22:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049680762 1853 - Commodore Perry opens up trade with Japan breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049682002 On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.

Japan was a perfect location for this because it was at almost the same latitude as San Francisco.]]> 2022-02-15 22:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049682002 1857 - The Sepoy Mutiny against British rule in India takes place. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049683694 On 29 March 1857 at the Barrackpore parade ground, near Calcutta, 29-year-old Mangal Pandey of the 34th BNI, angered by the recent actions of the East India Company, declared that he would rebel against his commanders.

Indian soldiers were told to bite off the tips of their rifle cartridges. This order cause a rebellion because the cartridges were greased with animal fat, violating local religious beliefs.]]> 2022-02-15 22:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049683694 1858 - India comes under direct rule by Great Britain breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049684818 This system of governance was instituted on 28 June 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who, in 1876, was proclaimed Empress of India).

The British were able to take control of India mainly because India was not united.]]> 2022-02-15 22:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049684818 1869 - Suez Canal is completed. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049685636 The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, making it the shortest maritime route to Asia from Europe.

Since its completion in 1869, it has become one of the world's most heavily used shipping lanes.]]> 2022-02-15 22:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049685636 1870 - Cecil Rhodes arrives in Cape Town, South Africa breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049686842 At the tender age of 17, Rhodes arrived in Durban on 1 September 1870.

He brought with him 3,000 pounds that his aunt had lent him and used it to invest in diamond diggings in Kimberley.]]> 2022-02-15 22:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049686842 1872 - Thomas Cook organizes his first trip around the world. It takes 222 days. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049690073 The journey took 222 days and covered more than 29,000 miles. 

Thomas Cook would become the world's "Father of modern transportation" because of this cutting-edge journey around the world.

]]> 2022-02-15 22:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049690073 1872 - Claude Monet paints "Impression, Sunrise" breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049691571 The painting is almost entirely on color and light, emphasizing the breaking sunlight and its intriguing reflections. 

The colors orange and blue used captured the sunrise's beauty perfectly.]]> 2022-02-15 22:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049691571 1874 - Edgar Degas paints "The Dance Class" breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049694832 Edgar was mostly known for being one of the most influential Impressionist painters of the 19th century.

Despite being known for his impressionistic pieces, he did not identify himself as an Impressionist.]]> 2022-02-15 22:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049694832 1875 - Great Britain gains control of the Suez Canal and begins to establish guidelines for European Imperialism in Africa. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049696755  Britain viewed the canal as a "Lifeline of the Empire" because it allowed Britain quicker access to its colonies in Asia and Africa.

The Suez Canal connected the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.]]> 2022-02-15 23:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049696755 1882 - British troops land in Egypt. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049697435 The British military occupied Egypt in 1882 to protect financial interests in the country, culminating in a violent war.

Britain won, restored the Khedival authority in Cairo, and established a 'veiled protectorate' over Ottoman-Egypt until the First World War.]]> 2022-02-15 23:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049697435 1884 - 1885 - International Berlin Conference on meets to establish guidelines for European Imperialism in Africa breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049698623 Berlin sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to amicably divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people.

The diplomats in Berlin laid the rules of competition by which the great powers were to be guided in seeking colonies.]]> 2022-02-15 23:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049698623 1885 - Germany controls German East Africa breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049700355 The German government announced that it had granted an imperial charter, which was signed by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck on 27 February 1885.

The charter was granted to Peters' company and was intended to establish a protectorate in the African Great Lakes region.]]> 2022-02-15 23:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049700355 1886 - British take over Burma breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049701410 Burma became an official colony on January 1, 1886.

After three wars gaining various parts of the country, the British occupied all the area of present-day Myanmar, making the territory a Province of British India on 1 January 1886.]]> 2022-02-15 23:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049701410 1889 - Vincent Van Gogh paints "The Starry Night" breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049702347 Van Gogh was seeking respite from plaguing depression at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy in southern France when he painted The Starry Night. It reflects his direct observations of his view of the countryside from his window as well as the memories and emotions this view evoked in him.

Van Gogh painted The Starry Night during his 12-month stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, several months after suffering a breakdown in which he severed a part of his own ear with a razor.]]> 2022-02-15 23:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049702347 1892 - Pierre Auguste Renoir paints "Girls at the Piano" breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049703801 The Lehman painting and the nearly identical version formerly in the collection of Renoir's fellow Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte have long been regarded as the most accomplished variants of this intimate and engaging scene of bourgeois domestic life.

In late 1891 or early 1892 Renoir was invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg, which was to be devoted to the work of living artists.]]> 2022-02-15 23:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049703801 1897 - Paul Gaugiun paints "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049705217 The painting represents the artist's painted manifesto created while he was living on the island of Tahiti.

The French artist transitioned from being a “Sunday painter” to becoming a professional after his career as a stockbroker failed in the early 1880s.]]> 2022-02-15 23:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049705217 1897 - First Zionist Conference meets in Basel, Switzerland breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049706079 On 29-31 August 1897, visionary leader Theodor Benjamin Zeev Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress, in Basel, Switzerland. 

The name "Zionism" was derived from the longing for Zion, one of the ancient biblical names of Jerusalem.]]> 2022-02-15 23:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049706079 1899 - 1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China against Westerners takes place. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049707201 The Boxer Rebellion begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government.

The troops captured Beijing in August 1900, and, after extensive discussions, the rebellion officially ended when the Boxer Protocol was signed on September 7, 1901.]]> 2022-02-15 23:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049707201 1899 - Open Door Policy is proposed by the United States for China breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049708965 The Open Door Policy called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.

Secretary of State John Hay first articulated the concept of the “Open Door” in China in a series of notes in 1899–1900.]]> 2022-02-15 23:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049708965 1899 - 1902 - Boer War; British crush rebellion by Dutch farmers in South Africa. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049710070 The British had crushed the Boer resistance, and on May 31 of that year the Peace of Vereeniging was signed, ending hostilities.

The treaty recognized the British military administration over Transvaal and the Orange Free State and authorized a general amnesty for Boer forces.]]> 2022-02-15 23:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049710070 1904 - 1905 - Russo-Japanese War; Japan takes Korea and Port Arthur from Russia. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049711152 The Russo-Japanese War began when Japan attacked Russian warships at Port Arthur, on the peninsula.

After massive losses on both sides, the Russians surrendered Port Arthur on 2 January 1905.]]> 2022-02-15 23:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049711152 1910 - Union of South Africa is Formed breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049711711 The Union of South Africa was born on May 31, 1910, created by a constitutional convention (in Durban in 1908) and an act of the British Parliament (1909).

On the 31 May 1910, exactly eight years after the Boers had made peace with the English through the Treaty of Vereeniging, South Africa became a Union. Despite the mistrust in the Boer camp, the Afrikaners, as they now became known, had negotiated and achieved self-determination.]]> 2022-02-15 23:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049711711 1911 - 1912 Manchu Dynasty overthrown; Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is named president of the Chinese Republic. breyfogletj https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049712773 In October of 1911, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system.

Although the Qing court maintained a degree of control within China in these years, millions of Chinese living overseas, especially in Southeast Asia and the Americas, began pressing for either widespread reform or outright revolution.]]> 2022-02-15 23:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/breyfogletj/tgfu89m5amibven4/wish/2049712773