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The Treaty of Nanking was a peace treaty signed on August 29, 1842 between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty that marked the end of the First Opium War.
After the defeat of China in the war, the representatives of the British Empire and the China of Qing negotiated the terms of the treaty aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis, in waters of Nanking. On August 29, 1842, the British representative Sir Henry Pottinger and the representatives of Qing, Qiying, Ilibu and Niujian, signed the treaty which consisted of thirteen articles that were ratified by both Queen Victoria and Emperor Daoguang ten months later.
"Mohandas Gandhi, known also as Mahatma (“The great
soul”), was the leader of Indian independence movement in 1930s and 1940s. His
protest facing British colonist was non-violent, fought with only rousing speeches. Gandhi’s methods of non-violent protest inspired leaders of civil
rights movement, especially Martin Luther King."
Indian Removal Act was passed which resulted in the forced displacement of the Native Americans to reservation lands
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Due to the belief of Manifest destiny, Americans decided to settle in the west of the Appalachians which was the primary area of the native american tribes like Cherokee,Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek and Seminole peoples. the western tribal land became valuable because it was fertile and congenial for settling. The states which saw them included in such lands pressured the federal Government to enact the Indian removal act. "trail of Tears" is the route in which the native Americans undertook their journey by foot for displacement.
During this move, many dies out of exhaustion, starvation and cold. US gained millions of square miles of territory for settling. Much of the fertile land were used for cotton production and many slaves were employed in the plantations. Thus southern economy ran basically on agriculture and slavery.
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To find Asia, but ended up making the most infamous detour in human history
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