Curated category
New Imperialism
- Scramble for AfricaIn 1870, European powers controlled only ten percent of the African continent. Most territories lay along the coastlines where mortality rates from tropical…
- Western imperialism in AsiaIn 1488, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa under the sponsorship of Portugal's John II. His crew forced him to turn back before noticing…
- Dutch East IndiesIn 1595, the first Dutch expedition set sail to reach the East Indies directly from Asia. Only one third of the original crew returned to Holland after many…
- Japanese militarismIn 1868, the Meiji Restoration began a transformation that would reshape Japan's entire political and social structure. The new government viewed western…
- German colonial empireIn 1839, a private group founded the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants to Texas. This organization sought to establish a colony called New…