Article 5: Globalization through Imperialism

Google Earth Tour: Globalization through Imperialism

1. 1805: Victory over a Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar (Cape of Trafalgar)
2. 1806: Establishment of the Afrikaner[Boer] Colony (Africa)
3. 1811: Capture of Java from Netherlands (Indonesia)
4. 1819: Acquisition of SIngapore
5. 1824: Acquisition of Malacca
6. 1839: New Zealand company announces plans to buy large lands and establish colonies in New Zealand (New Zealand)
7. 1834: Slavery Abolition Act [passed in 1833] abolished slavery in British Empire (Britain)
8. 1839: Confiscation of 20,000 chests of opium led to 1st Opium War (China--- Nanking and Tianjin)
9. 1857: English East India Company conquest in India was complete (India)
10. 1858: East India Company dissolved --> Took direct control over India --> Queen Victoria was crowned empress of India (India)
11. 1899~1902: Second Boer War (Africa)