I.British in India, 1837-1885
     A.1837, English becomes language of the Moghul/British govt
          1.1840's through 1850, British build railroads 
          2.Little industrialization, railroads for command and
          control
     B.1857, Sepoy Mutiny against British East India Company
          1.Sepoy troops revolt over greased cartridges
          2.British Government sends British troops
          3.Moghul Empire is finally abolished
          4.British East India Company is suppressed
          5.India is directly annexed by the British government
               a.Some sharing of power at the local levels
     C.1869, Suez Canal allows more direct access to India
          1.British controls tighten
     D.1885, Indian National Congress calls for Indian self-rule

II.European Imperialism in the Islamic world, to 1914
     A.1830, France takes Algiers
     B.1881, France takes Tunis
     C.1882, British take Egypt & Sudan
          1.Conquest of Sudan interrupted by the Mahdist uprising
     D.1884, Russia completes conquest of Central Asia, NW Iran
          1.Bukhara, Samarkhand, Tashkent all occupied
     E.1907, Russia & Britain occupy Iran
          1.Divide Iran into "Spheres of influence"
     F.1911, Italy takes Tripoli
     G.1912, France takes Morocco

III.Ottoman Empire to 1914
     A.Legal reform after Crimean war, economic & military decline
          1.Britain & France gain control of Ottoman economy
          2.Ottoman Army poorly equipped & supplied
          3.Rule in Palestine & Mesopotamia increasingly harsh
     B.1890's to 1914, Pan Arabism throughout Middle East
          1.British & French exploit these sentiments during WWI,
          promising to aid the Arabs in their struggle for
          independence if they rebel against the Ottoman Empire
     C.1880's to 1914, Nationalism in Balkans
          1.Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Rumania independent
          2.Serbia & Austria-Hungary each want to dominate Balkans
               a.1912, First Balkan War: Turks out of Balkans
               b.1913, Second Balkan War: Serbs out of Albania
               c.1914, Third Balkan War: Local war becomes WWI
     D.1908, Young Turk rebellion
          1.Remake the Ottoman Empire into a modern secular state
          2.Revolutionary leaders establish a Pan-Turkish autocracy
          3.Young Turks plan an Asian-Turkish empire from Asia
          Minor into Central Asia, after expelling the Russians

IV.European Imperialism in Africa, 1880's to 1914
     A."To Preserve Order" and protect Europeans & their property
     B.France occupies West Africa, Madagascar
     C.Britain takes strip from Egypt to S. Africa
     D.Germany takes Cameroon, SW Africa, Zanzibar
     E.Italians take Eritrea
     F.Belgium takes the Congo basin (Zaire)
     G.Portuguese already in Angola, Mozambique

V.1899-1909, British conquest of Boer states in south Africa
     A.Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, Cape Province conquered
     B.Boer states forcibly incorporated into South African Union

VI.1904-1904, Russo-Japanese War
     A.1900, Russia occupies Manchuria
     B.1902-03, Russia refuses to evacuate Manchuria
     C.1904, Japan defeats Russian fleet at Port Arthur
     D.1905, Japan destroys Russian fleet at Tsushima Straight
     E.Russia evacuates Manchuria, Japanese hegemony in Korea

VII.American Imperialism, 1860's to 1914
     A.Genocide against American Indians, "Manifest Destiny"
     B.US takes Hawaii, Phillipines, Samoa, Panama, Puerto-Rico
     C.Many US newspapers & politicians call for conquest of Mexico
     D.Frequent US military intervention in Mexico, Nicaraqua, etc.
     E.Theodore Roosevelt & the "Great White Fleet"