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1. Latin American countries win independence 2. Napoleon gains and loses power 3. U.S. President Monroe warns Europe against interference in Americas 4. Britain defeats China in Opium War 5. Britain establishes direct rule in India 6. American Civil War embitters North and South 7. European powers plan colonization of Africa 8. Australian colonies gain self-government 9. Japan gains Taiwan after war with China 10. Success of Great Exhibition leads to more world fairs
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7. European powers plan colonization of Africa From November 1884 to February 1885, representatives of 14 powers, mostly European, met in Berlin to deal with territorial disputes in Africa. The Berlin Conference established guidelines for the European powers to follow in their colonization of the continent. No Africans were invited to the conference. Click here to see how colonialism has changed boundaries in the world.
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