1750-1914 CCOT Flashcards
1
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China
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- Britain has colonized India where opium grows
- Opium Wars, 1839-42
2
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Britain
A
- union victory in america
- 1867 Reform Act
3
Q
Spain
A
- US battleship Maine sinks mysteriously in the Havana Harbor
- 1898 Spanish-American War
4
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Portugal
A
- French rev. ends in 1799 with ascension of Napoleon
- 1807 invasion of Portugal by Napoleon
5
Q
France
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- UK, Russia, and Sweden sign secret agreement to oppose france
- France is defeated in the Napoleonic Wars, 1815
6
Q
Russia
A
Napoleonic wars expose decembrists to bad peasant army conditions
1825 Decembrist Uprising
7
Q
Japan
A
Commerce grows between China and US, American whalers
1853 Commodore Perry expedition
8
Q
Ottoman Empire
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Britain and France refuse to aid Ottomans, Russia steps in
1838 Treaty of Balta Liman
9
Q
Mexico
A
Mexico loses territory in Mex-US war
1854 “La Reforma” Benito Juarez
10
Q
Latin America
A
1867 War of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina vs Paraguay)
11
Q
Brazil
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1889, Fall of the Brazilian Empire, replaced by Republic
12
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Hawaii
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1868, large influx of Japanese immigrants
