- the motivating factors behind the "new imperialism" of the late 1800's
- the motivating factors behind the rapid European colonization of Africa
- the nature of the interaction between the British, Boers, and Bantus
in Southern Africa and the conflict that rose out of this interaction
- the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of European power in its
place
- the differences between the various regions of Africa and the kinds
of involvement in those regions
- the methods used by those who wanted to resist colonial rule
- the developing involvement of the British in Burma and the French
in IndoChina
- the increased interaction between European nations and China & Japan,
especially as it relates to the Open Door Policy and the Meiji Restoration
- the give and take relationship that existed between the Indians and
the British after the Seven Years War
- the rise of Indian Nationalism in response to British colonial rule
and the British response to the Indian Nationalist Movement
- the reasons for and chief outcomes of the nationalistic revolts that
broke out across Latin America in the early 1800's
- The challenges faced by those who attempted to build nation states
out of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America
- The political changes that take place in Latin America in the late
1800's and the ways in which the United States is involved in many of those
changes
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